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1. ā̆l-gē̆r n.

Additional spellings: alger
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Eel spear, fish spear.

2. anlē̆t n.

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(a) Face; (b) forehead; (c) appearance, looks; image.

3. ascoile adv.

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?Askance; ?with a scowl.

4. blēren v.(2)

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To cry, bellow, wail; of goats: bleat; bleren on, cry out at (sb.), mock, insult.

5. blēt adj. & n.

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(a) Bare (boughs); (b) bareness, lack of cover.

6. bōle n.(1)

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(a) A bull; fre bole, a bull free to roam with the herd [see Homans Eng.Villagers 61-3]; (b) a steer or bullock.

7. bolken v.

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(a) To belch; retch, vomit; vomit (sth.); (b) to cast forth (sth.), cast up; pour out (one's blood), bleed to death; of a garner: spill over, be full to bursting.

8. brīne n.(2)

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(a) Salt water, brine; (b) setten in brine, to make (land) salty (hence barren); lond of brine, a desert.

9. bught n.

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(a) A bend or curve; loop (of thread or yarn); fold (of cloth); loop (in a dragon's tail); (b) a hollow or curve in the body; bught of the arm, the angle of the elbow; bught of the kne (leg), the…

10. buil n.

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A curved handle.

11. bush n.(1)

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(a) A woods, grove; thicket, underbrush; bank and bush, hill and (wooded) dale; under the bush, in (the shelter of) the woods; (b) rank growth.

12. butte n.(4)

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(a) The end of a spear or pike opposite the head, butt; (b) naut.?the end of a plank in a ship's side; ?also, one of the planks.

13. colk n.

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(a) The core (of an apple); the heart (of an onion); sparen neither appel ne colk, to do all one can, go as quickly as possible; (b) the center or bottom (of the heart).

14. crā̆k n.(2)

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(a) A bursting or splitting sound, a crash; (b) a fart; (c) the sound of a trumpet.

15. craue n.

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(a) Neck; throat; (b) crop of a bird or fowl, craw.

16. cringle n.

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In place names only [see Smith PNElem. 2.7]: a circle, bend.

17. crop-mader n.

Additional spellings: cropmader
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Madder.

18. cunte n.

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(a) A woman's private parts; cunte-beten, impotent (man); (b) the corresponding organ(s) of a female animal; (c) sexual intercourse; (d) in place names and surnames; grope cunte lane [see gropen v.]…

19. dōten v.

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(a) To behave foolishly or irrationally, do foolish things; be or grow silly; be or grow upset or deranged, rave; (b) to befuddle or fool (sb.).

20. draf n.

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(a) Refuse of grain, chaff, husks; ?also, bran; fig. the worthless part of something; (b) waste parts of grapes or olives after removal of juice or oil; also fig.; (c) solid parts of leaves or herbs…