(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……

(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.]……

(a) Doubt, perplexity, uncertainty; in (a) dwere, in doubt; without dwere, without question, certainly; (b) ?disagreement, dissension; ?distress, trouble; (c) amazement, awe; dread, fear. …

To stink. …

(a) A kind of pitchfork, dungfork; (b) ?a trowel. …

(a) ?A fish, a groundling; ?a bird [cp. L fringilla, ML frigellus]; (b) as surname. …

(a) A harrow for cultivating land, a drag; gon at harwe, to drive a harrow; (b) fig. the Old or New Testament; the power of Love (with pun on arwe); also, in proverb; (c) harwe tind (toth), a tooth of……

(a) A petty merchant, peddler, male huckster; ?also, an auctioneer; (b) in surnames. …

(a) A crag, twisted rock; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.102]. …

(a) Lack, absence, want; shortage, deficiency; default of payment; lak of sacramentes, failure to receive the sacraments; no lak (of, no shortage (of, no deficiency (of; pens lak, q.v.; (b) for lak of……

(a) The pollack (Gadus pollachius); lob fish; (b) a lazy lout, lubber; ?also, a bundle of clothing [quot.: c1475]; (c) as surname. …

(a) The common European mole (Talpa europæa); as an ingredient in medicine; also as an image of covetousness or folly; moseling molle [see moselen (d)]; (b) molle hep, molle hille, mole hill; molle……

(a) To thrust (sth.), drive (a stake, etc.); picchen in (o, to, into), stick, thrust, or drive (sth.) into (sth.); surround (a wood) with a palisade [quot.: a1450, 1st]; (b) to pierce (sb. or sth.)……

(a) Evil, wickedness; (b) an evil thing or event; a wicked act or sin; harm or trouble; sickness or injury; (c) boden qued, to foretell evil; don (to) qued, do evil, do wrong; don (spien, waiten,……

(a) Rest due to sleep; repose; slumber; -- also pl.; at (in, on) rest, at rest, asleep; oute of rest, out of sleep; (b) the repose of the grave, death; rest of the ded, repose of death; at rest, dead……

(a) To scatter; disperse (sth.), throw or spread about, strew; scateren on, cast (dirt) on (one's head); (b) ben scatered, to be spread about so as to be common or prevalent; (c) to scatter (clouds)……

(a) In general, the protective calcareous or chitinous outer covering of an invertebrate, a shell; (b) the shell of a mollusk, crustacean, or an echinoderm; also fig.; also in proverb; (c) shel fish [……

(a) The leg below the knee; the front part of the lower leg, shin; also, the shinbone; ?also, the leg [quot.: NV Psalter]; (b) shin bon [OE scin-bān], the shinbone, tibia; ?also, error for chin-bon……

A group of sheaves of grain placed on end and leaning against one another in order to dry, a shock, stook; (b) fig. …

Sideways, obliquely; to or from the side. …

(a) The intellectual faculty, reason; also person.; wit and skil; (b) skil wille (lereth, mot sen), reason demands (teaches, might discover); skil witnesse, reason; -- ?error for skil-wisnes n.; a……

(a) The captain or master of a ship; (b) as surname [some quots. may belong to skipper(e n.(2)(c)]. …

(a) Of persons: indolent, lazy, lax; negligent, remiss; slow (to do sth.); slak and slou (slewful), slou and slak; slak in (to), negligent of (a duty); slak of bileve, of weak, uncertain faith; (b)……

(a) To loosen (ropes, bonds, a bridle, etc.); also fig.; also, release (sb. from prison or confinement), loose (ferocious animals on someone), untie (a boat) from its mooring; slaken nekke, of a lion……

To become drowsy, doze; also, sleep. …

Ingratiating behavior, flattery. …

(a) Physical pain; also, harm [quot. a1420]; also, a burn [quot. 1440]; don smert, to cause (an animal) pain, harm; (b) grief, sorrow, annoyance; also fig. of Jesus; also, contrition, remorse; (c)……

(a) To cause (sb. or sth.) physical pain, hardship, etc.; also in fig. context; -- also impers.; also, burn (sb. or sth.) [quot. 1440]; (b) to cause (sb.) to suffer grief, remorse, emotional distress……

(a) Nasal mucus; (b) ?a head cold, the sniffles; ?nasal polyps. …

(a) The snout of a swine, boar, rhinoceros, dog, dragon, etc.; ?also with pun on sense 2.(a) [2nd quot.]; ?also, the bill or beak of a bird [quot. 1440]; (b) the trunk of an elephant. …

(a) A substance, often liquid in form, made by boiling a mixture of oils or fats and lye, and used for washing and cleansing and in medicine as a cleansing agent, corrosive, etc., soap; also, fig. a……

(a) A swamp, bog; (b) a gutter, sewer, drain; a place where waste collects; (c) ?in surnames and field name. …

(a) To give off sparks; also, fig. produce or kindle (sparks of desire); ppl. sparkinge as adj.: giving off sparks, sparking; (b) to sparkle, glitter; ppl. sparkinge, glittering. …

(a) A piece of timber used in building; a rafter, beam; a board; -- also coll.; firre sparre; hilinge of sparres, a roof; joininge of sparres, a roof or building; maister sparre, a main beam or……

(a) To lock; -- used in fig. context; (b) of a part of the body: to close up; also, refl. close itself; sparren after, of heaven: close behind (sb.). …

(a) The stalk or blade of a plant; -- also coll.; a reed (Phragmites communis) or reedlike plant; also, coll. a clump of reeds; also, fig. an arrowhead [quot. a1425 *Medulla]; gras spir; red spir, a……

(a) To spit out saliva; ?splash (sth. on a place); -- used without obj. [quot. a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking]; of a lake: send out sprays of water; of a dragon: spit fire; also, spit (fire or sparks), spew; of……

(a) To spring forth, grow; sprouten oute; also in fig. context; (b) to put forth shoots, germinate; sprouten to, produce (flowers, fruit); ppl. sprouted as adj.: germinated; (c) to put forth plants. …

(a) To stake out (a boundary), determine; mark (land); staken oute; (b) to fix (pointed stakes) in a defensive line; fortify (a position) with pointed stakes; staken up; (c) ppl. staked, fastened to a……

(a) To pound or mash an ingredient; pound (sth.), beat; crush (sth.), mash; also fig. [last quot.]; -- also without obj. [quot.: ?a1500]; stamp (ingredients in a mortar), bray; ppl. stamped, pounded……

(a) Stubborn; (b) naut. not deviating from course, steady on course; (c) as surname; also, ?in a name given to a horse. …

(a) The main body or stem of a tree; also fig.; (b) naut. either the stem- or stern-post of a ship; stem lok, = stampne-lok [s.v. stampne n. (a)]; stem nekke, a curved part of the stem; stem pece, one……

(a) Of persons or animals: strong, hardy; of objects: sturdy; (b) powerful; ?also, harsh, tyrannical; (c) steadfast, faithful; (d) ?prosperous; (e) important, great; (f) as adv.: firmly, securely……

(a) The handle of a plow; (b) a wooden crutch; an artificial leg, peg leg; also, a stilt; stilt bond, a strap for attaching a stilt or a peg leg; (c) ?one of the uprights of a ladder; (d) in surname. …

(a) The trunk of a living tree; the base of a tree; the part of a bush or tree receiving a graft; also, a tree [quot. a1382, 1st]; also, ?a branch [quot. a1382, 2nd]; crabbe (fige, vine) stok; comen……

(a) A stool on which to sit; a seat, pew, bench; also, a place for sitting [2nd quot.]; bai stol, a seat placed in an alcove or before a bay window; folding stol, a faldstool; joined stol, a joint……

(a) An upright piece of timber used as support in a wall, partition, etc. [quots. ?c1475 and a1500 may belong to sense 4]; stoth nail, nails of some kind used in fastening such timbers; (b) fig. a……

(a) To lodge (sb., an animal), provide quarters for; pack (gear) in a ship, stow; also, place (sb.) in a certain position at table, seat; stouen in; (b) ?to bring (angels) together in one company; (c)……

(a) Coll. The dried stalks of grain after threshing, straw; also in fig. context [quot. a1475]; -- also pl.; stubbe strau; (b) a stalk or stem; a piece of straw; in the strau, on the stalk, before……

(a) A loop or strap on a horse's harness; ?also, some kind of strap for a cart; (b) naut. a loop of rope, hide, or metal used to connect blocks and yards with the ropes in a ship's rigging, a strop……

(a) An inflammation or a swelling in the body; also fig.; (b) sickness, disease; lien in swalm, to be incapacitated with sickness. …

(a) The fatty tissue of an animal; fatty tissue from around the kidneys or other internal organs of an animal; also fig. and in fig. contexts [some fig. quots. could also be construed as other senses……

(a) To show (sth.), manifest, demonstrate; show (sth.) in words, explain, declare; (b) refl. to show oneself, appear. …

A sieve or strainer. …

To sift (meal, flour, etc.), bolt; temsed lof, a loaf of bread of finely sifted flour; temsed mele, bolted meal. …

A peg; thole bem, ?a block attached to a ship's gunwale to support the thole pin; ?the gunwale; thole pin, a cart pin. …

(a) Of a candle: to be necessary (for sb.), be needed, avail; (b) impers. hit thare, used parenthetically: it is necessary; (c) ?impers. thurte, he experienced (no lack of knights at his disposal). …

(a) An insect of the acarine family Ixodidae, a tick; a similar bloodsucking insect; also in fig. context; (b) ?a threadworm [may = (a)]; (c) ?a glowworm or firefly. …

(a) A projection of rock and earth, a hill; ?also, the mound of earth at the base of a large tree [quot. a1425]; tout hille, = tote-hil(le n. (a); (b) the buttocks, rump; (c) in surname and place……

To step, tread. …

(a) To be confident; also refl.; also, take heart, take courage [quot. c1384, 1st]; trusten in (of, on, to, unto, upon), have confidence in (sb., sth., oneself); rely on (sb. or sth.) for guidance……

(a) To abuse (sb. or sth., oneself), mistreat; ?also, torment or harm (birds) [last quot.]; of the body: be mistreated [quot. c1225, 1st]; (b) to revile (sb. or sth.), abuse verbally; also, treat……

(a) To fall, fall down, fall to the ground; also, fall in battle, die; throw oneself down [quot. a1450]; also [quot. a1425], be brought down from a great height;—used fig.; of a building: collapse……

Heat, warmth;—used in fig. context; ?also, protection from the elements [1st quot.]. …

(a) A bundle, bunch, or wisp, as of straw, pea plants, etc.; ?also, a clump of seaweed [glossing L alga; may belong to wose n.(2)]; ?also, flax [glossing L stuppa] (b) a torch; a bundle of straw……

(a) Misery, trouble, woe; wand-reth and we; we sith, a time of woe or trouble; ?a trouble; (b) we is him, woe be to him. …

Naut. A piece of caulking material placed between the lapstrakes while the ship is under construction;—also coll. …

(a) A small circular weight placed on a spindle to serve as a flywheel, a pulley used in the operation of a spinning wheel, a spindle whorl; ?also, a small circular object serving to attach or hold……

(a) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, characterized by pliant woody branches; also, a piece of wood from a willow, a willow bough, stake, an osier withe; also in proverbs; wilwe tre (leves) (b) p……

(a) An apparatus for hoisting or hauling, a winch, windlass [cp. windas n.]; naut. middel wind, ?a central garnet used in brailing up the sail (b) a wooden reel from which a hank or thread of yarn……

Devoid (of sth.); set free (of sb.), quit. …

Naut. (a) Rope or canvas for sailmaking, binding of sails, etc.; a piece of rope or canvas for these uses; ?also, one of the strengthening bands arranged as a lattice on a sail; wining rop (b) pl.……

(a) A small gathering or bundle of cut grass, straw, or grain stalks; wisp of hei (strau) (b) a bundle of straw, hay, or similar material twisted together for use as a torch; wisp of fir; (c) a……

= wragelinge n. (a). …

(a) Of a person or God: to exact vengeance, inflict punishment for wrong done; display vindictive anger [last quot.]; exact vengeance (on sb. or a god); also, inflict punishment (on sb.) (b) to……

A measure of volume equivalent to that contained in a person’s hands cupped together. …