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1. heigh adj.

758 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) High, lofty, big, tall; heigh der, stag; heigh got, he-goat; heigh halle (hous, bold), large house [often connoting pride and ostentation]; heigh hors (stede), fine tall horse [also, like heigh

2. hẹ̄rsum adj.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Obedient, compliant; (b) ?of worship: devout.

3. ihẹ̄rsum adj.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Obedient; obedient or docile to (sb.), compliant or submissive to (someone's words).

4. nẹ̄̆r(re adj.

Additional spellings: nerre
60 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Nearer in space or time; ner dai, an earlier date; (b) more closely related by kinship; ner kin (sibbe); (c) in proverbs.

5. next(e adj.

Additional spellings: nexte
140 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Nearest in position or distance; neighboring, adjacent, contiguous; closest (to sb., sth., or a place); next wei, the most direct route, shortest way; (b) closest (to profits or benefits); (c) of…

6. rāthe adj.

15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Eager, prompt; also, rash; (b) aroused, provoked; ?angry; (c) early, soon; to rathe, too early; (d) important, prominent, principal; sup. rathest, of first quality, best; (e) in surnames.