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1. asterten v.

60 quotations in 6 senses
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to rush (at sb.); run away (into a safe place). …

2. bitwix(e prep.

Additional spellings: bitwixe
106 quotations in 11 senses
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Of location or position in space: (a) between (two objects, localities, points); in among (several things); (b) in between (surrounding objects); bitwix armes, hondes, in (one's) arms, hands; in..bitw……

3. blẹ̄ n.

50 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Color, hue; bright, wan of ble, vivid, dull in color; (b) brightness, brilliance, luster. …

4. blēt adj. & n.

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

5. bōthe num. (as n., adj., & conj.)

369 quotations in 6 senses
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As noun: Two together, both; -- in various constructions: (a) alone; (b) the two of them; the bothe; (c) both here (theire) hedes, the heads of both of them; etc.; (d) here bother (baþre, bothe,……

6. chẹ̄ke n.

90 quotations in 6 senses
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Jaw, jawbone, esp. the lower one; nether (over) cheke, lower (upper) jaw. …

7. chōke n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Cheek. …

8. colk n.

10 quotations in 2 senses
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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). …

9. crib n.

20 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A manger; (b) a stall for a cow or ox; (c) a beehive. …

10. cunte n.

17 quotations in 1 sense
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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.]……

11. dǒuken v.

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To dive or plunge (into sth.); ben douked, be immersed (in sin, hell). …

12. ēves n.

24 quotations in 3 senses
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The projecting lower edge of a roof, eaves, eave. …

13. first n.(1)

28 quotations in 2 senses
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A (limited) period of time; yere first, a period of years; yeven first, to grant time (for a certain purpose). …

14. firsten v.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To delay, postpone; (b) to grant a delay; (c) to lend (money) on credit. …

15. Flē̆mish adj.

13 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) From Flanders, of the Flemings, Flemish; (b) as noun: Flemish people; the Flemish language. …

16. flight n.(1)

42 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The act of fleeing, flight, escape; also fig.; (b) avoidance; (c) departure; also fig.; (d) ability to flee. …

17. forȝǣȝednisse n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Transgression. …

18. frẹ̄dọ̄̆m n.

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(a) Liberty (as opposed to servitude), the social status of a freeman; --also fig.; (b) national sovereignty, independence; (c) spiritual liberty, the state of not being in subjection to sin or the……

19. họ̄p n.

36 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A circular band of wood or metal, used for barrels, wheels, candelabra; a hoop, ring; welle hop, q.v.; (b) a circular band used to support the sign outside a house or inn; (c) one of the ribs of a……

20. lak n.

124 quotations in 2 senses
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(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……

21. pǒuren v.(1)

17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To gaze intently, look closely; pouren after, watch closely for (sth.); pouren in, gaze intently into or at (sth.), stare into; pouren upon, gaze on (sth.), look closely on; (b) pouren in (on,……

22. quēd(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: quede
93 quotations in 3 senses
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(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,……

23. rennen v.(1)

937 quotations in 33 senses
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(a) Of humans: to run, move quickly on foot; also of angels, centaurs, devils, monopodes, etc.; rennen and (other) rennen, go on foot and (or) ride; (b) comen rennen, comen (gon) renninge, to come……

24. shīve n.

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(a) A slice, piece, usu. of bread or other food; also in proverb; also, a portion of food; shive (of) bred; step-moder shive, a thin slice, an insufficient portion; (b) ?a slab or length of wood; ?a……

25. shrēde n.

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(a) A scrap or fragment of food or of the Host; a piece of a body; heuen everi a shrede, to cut (sb.) to pieces; (b) a strip of material; an ornamental strip of material hanging from the edge of a……

26. shrīven v.

147 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Refl. To make confession, make confession (to sb., to God); also iron., with implication of impending decease [quot.: Chaucer TC]; (b) refl. shriven o (of), to confess (sins), make confession of……

27. spindel n.

47 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A spindle for spinning thread; nokke of a spindel, a notch cut in a spindle to hold the yarn in place; slippen spindel, to take yarn off a spindle; (b) the amount of yarn collected on a spindle……

28. stef adj.

28 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Rigid, stiff; (b) upright, straight; also, as adv. with sitten and stonden: in an upright position, straight; (c) taut; (d) fig. unwavering, resolute; (e) of a substance: viscous. …

29. stēken v.

170 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) To stab (sb. or sth.), pierce with a weapon; stab (sb., an animal) to death, kill; steken doun, cut (sb.) down with a sword; ppl. stekede, stabbed, killed; (b) to nail (Jesus on the cross); fig.……

30. stēne n.(2)

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(a) In cpd.: stene kin [OE stān-cynn], a kind of building stone; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.141]. …

31. sterchen v.

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To powder (one's face) in order to whiten it; also, bleach or stiffen (an altarcloth). …

32. sterten v.

265 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) To leap, jump; cavort, caper, prance; also fig.; also, jump up and down in joy or fear; sterten up, leap up in the air; also fig.; ppl. stertinge, leaping, bounding, skipping; (b) with prep……

33. stē̆ten v.

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(a) To make a thrust, strike; strike (sb.); thrust (a spear); also, push hard on (gates); steten doun, knock (sb.) down; steten on, set on (sb.), strike at; ben stet on, trample on (sb.); (b) to fall……

34. stilt(e n.

Additional spellings: stilte
16 quotations in 1 sense
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(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. …

35. stoppen v.

235 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To obstruct (a street, lane, passage, an entrance, etc.) with a physical barrier, block; close (a port), prevent access to; blockade (the sea), close to traffic; block (someone's way); also fig.……

36. swerven v.

29 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To go, depart; turn away, turn aside; also fig.; get up (out of bed); swerven aside (oute); (b) to stagger; move in a course which is not straight; of the lip of a wound: depart from a straight……

37. tenth(e num.

Additional spellings: tenthe
83 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Ordinal number as adj.: tenth; (b) in combs. & phrases: tenth del (part), one-tenth of a whole; also, a small part, a fraction; also, a tithe [1st quot.; cp. 2.(b)]; tenth houre (time), the tenth……

38. thral adj.(2)

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Stout-hearted, sturdy, bold. …

39. tū̆tel n.

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The mouth; also in fig. context; also, the devil's mouth. …

40. twentī num.

114 quotations in 6 senses
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Cardinal number as adj.: twenty; also, ?of or pertaining to the number twenty [quot. ?c1475]; twenti and mo, over twenty (hunting dogs), a large number of. …

41. twentī̆eth num.

23 quotations in 3 senses
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Ordinal number as adj.: (a) twentieth; twentieth dai, the twentieth day; also, used adverbially: on the twentieth day; (b) in combs.: twentieth som, a party of twenty [cp. twentisome n.]; the……

42. Wednes-dai n.

Additional spellings: Wednesdai
35 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The fourth day of the week, Wednesday; also the name of the fourth day of the week [quot. ?c1450]; asshe Wednes-dai, q.v.; pulver Wednes-dai, q.v (b) in adv. usage: on Wednesday(s; the……

43. wester adj.

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(a) West, western; wester wind, a wind blowing from the west; (b) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.256; some exx. could also be construed as comp. of western(e adj.]. …

44. wīken v.(2)

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(a) To fail, flag; also, refl. give way; (b) ben weken, to be yielded up. …

45. yēman n.

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(a) A free-born male attendant in a royal or noble household holding a rank above that of groom and page but below that of squire, a household official; an attendant or assistant to someone of higher……

46. yēren v.(1)

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(a) To make a request, ask;—in as clause; also, ask (about sth.) (b) to ask for (sth.), request; also, ask (sth. of sb.), demand [1st quot.]; (c) to desire (sth.), long for; also with that clause as……

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