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1. ai adv.

98 quotations in 5 senses
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Of continous actions or states: (a) all the time, always, constantly, unceasingly; (b) eternally, forever.

2. alder n.(1)

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(a) Alder (Alnus glutinosa); alder tre; (b) alder kerre, alder kyr, alder was, alder swamp; alder shawe, alder thicket.

3. anclẹ̄ n.

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(a) The ankle; ankle bone, esp. the inner projection [quots. c1150, c1440]; innermore ancle; utward ancle, outer projection of the ankle; (b) ancle bon, ankle bone; utter ancle, outer projection of…

4. ayẹ̄n adv.

155 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Back or away from something; to the rear, back, backwards; drawen ayen, ten ayen, draw back, withdraw; holden ayen, hold back, check, restrain; putten ayen, set or thrust back or away; turnen

5. biren v.

47 quotations in 3 senses
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him (etc.) birth: (a) with respect to circumstances, destiny, etc.: he is constrained or compelled (to do or suffer sth.), he must; biren nede(s, he must of necessity (do sth.); biren dien, he must…

6. birth(e n.

Additional spellings: birthe
116 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) The act of giving birth, childbirth; birth bering; labour of birth; at on (a) birth, in one delivery; (b) birth in wombe, conception.

7. bī̆sten v.

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To buffet (sb.), pummel, flog, beat; also without obj., of waves: to dash, rage.

8. brẹ̄ch n.

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(a) The undergarment covering the lower part of the body; underpants, drawers, or tights; brech and sherte, sark and brek; (b) brech, brek, as pl.; a pare brech, a pair of breeches.

9. breid n.(1)

88 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A sudden or quick movement, such as a jerk, wrench, pull, start, jolt; (b) a rash or hasty act; a move; (c) an impassioned utterance, an outburst or outcry; (d) an unusual occurrence or event…

10. brennen v.

351 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) To be consumed by fire; burn, burn down; brennen awai; of fire: burn; brennen up, flame up; brenning, on fire, fiery; (b) to destroy (sth.) with fire; put to the torch, reduce to ashes; brennen up

11. brim n.(1)

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A body of water, such as the sea, a pool, spring, river.

12. chaffā̆re n.

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Trade in goods, buying and selling, commerce, bargaining; driven, usen chaffare, engage in trade, do business; chaffare of lesinges, dishonest trade or bargaining.

13. chimbled ppl.

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Wrapped up.

14. dauen v.

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To dawn, grow light; dauen clere, dauen light, dauen (to) dai; (a) with subj. it; (b) with subj. dai.

15. 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…

16. drag(ge n.(1)

Additional spellings: dragge
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(a) A dragnet; (b) a harrow or drag; (c) a barge or raft; (d) a grappling hook.

17. drēm n.(2)

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(a) A vision experienced in sleep, a dream; a nightmare; a prophetic dream; (b) dremen drem, meten drem, sen drem, to have a dream; in drem, on drem, in a dream or dreams; sweven and drem, drem or

18. ēten n.

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(a) A supernatural being of great size and strength, an ogre, a giant; also, a human being with these attributes; often fig.; (b) etene ring, circle of the giants (the reference is to a prehistoric…

19. fasten v.(1)

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(a) To make firm, stable, or stationary; to place or fix (in position), to plant firmly (in the ground); (b) to establish securely; pass. be established; refl. establish oneself (in a place), stay…

20. gēren v.

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(a) To prepare or equip (oneself); prepare (a corpse for burial); geren aweiward, prepare (oneself) to go away; (b) to equip (oneself) for fighting, arm (oneself); (c) to dress (sb., oneself); ppl. ge

21. gerth n.

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(a) A belt or strap passing under a horse's belly to secure a saddle, harness, load, etc. [see also hors gerth]; (b) a hoop for a barrel, keg, tub, etc.; (c) in cpds. & combs.: gerth bokel, a clasp or…

22. gēthe, gẹ̄the n.

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Only in phr. in a gethe, ?spiritedly, ?hastily.

23. grẹ̄t n.(3)

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(a) Sand, gravel, small stones; a gret, a grain of sand; ech gret, every speck, every bit; (b) sandstone, gristone; (c) dust, dirt.

24. grith-briche n.

Additional spellings: grithbriche
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Law (a) Disturbances or violence committed toward persons, at places, or during specific periods that were under special protection of the king; also (after 1200), any breach of the peace; (b)…

25. hẹ̄rd(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: herde
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(a) A flock or herd of domesticated animals; got herd, q.v.; (b) a herd of wild animals; esp. a herd of deer; also, a flock of birds, swarm of gnats; (c) fig. spiritual flock, group of people under…

26. hẹ̄rd(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: herde
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(a) A herdsman; a keeper of cattle, hogs, horses, goats, or any kind of livestock; asse herd, aver herd, calf herd, colt herd, cou herd, gelde herd, gos herd, got herd, hog herd, hors herd, lomb herd,

27. hō̆ngen v.

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To suspend (sb. or sth.) from an elevated point: (a) to hang (sb., his corpse, or parts of it) up by the feet, hands, or hair; hongen up, hongen up bi the fet, etc.; (b) to fasten or mount (sth. on…

28. hurten v.

121 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To injure (sb., a part of the body), wound, hurt; afflict (sb.) with disease [quot.: WB(1), Pecock]; of hunger: to pain (sb.); ben hurt, be wounded or injured; -- also intr.; (b) to receive an…

29. in prep.

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(a) Inside (a solid object); immersed, or partly immersed, in (a fluid substance); enclosed in (fire, the air, etc.); (b) into (a solid, liquid, etc.); (c) in or into the surface of (sth.), pierced or…

30. lē̆ng(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: lenge
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The European ling Molva molva; also, any fish of the genus Molva; gret leng, a full-grown ling; leng fish, a ling; whit leng, ?white ling [?error for whiting]; leng drie, dried lings.

31. lē̆r n.

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The cheek; in pl.: the face; loken under ler, to look down over (one's) cheek, look downward.

32. lid-gate n.

Additional spellings: lidgate
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(a) A swing gate for cattle; (b) in surnames; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.251].

33. līre n.(2)

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(a) Flesh; also, body; (b) meat; lire both, a butcher's stall or shop; lire mongere, a dealer in meat, butcher.

34. manlī adj.

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Characteristic of human beings, human.

35. manlī adv.(1)

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(a) In the human way, like a human being; (b) in a masculine way; (c) as befits a man; strongly, vigorously.

36. mid adj. & pref.

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(a) Middle, mid-; mid strem, the middle of the stream; mid theigh (leg), the middle of the thigh (leg); in the mid se (sheld), in the middle of the sea (shield); in the mid side, ?in the middle; to

37. mis n.

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(a) Sin, sinfulness; guilt, culpability for sin; evil, wickedness; withouten mis, sinless, innocent; withouten mis of this man, he being sinless, innocent as he was; (b) a sin, an evil deed; criminal…

38. pī̆ken v.(1)

196 quotations in 10 senses
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To work with a pick or other digging implement; --also refl.; dig (sth.); break up (land, a field); dig up (weeds); piken awei, dig up (weeds); undermine (a foundation); piken oute, dig out (stones…

39. rāth n.

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(a) Advice, counsel; what shal me to rath, what plan shall I adopt?; outmost rath, last counsel; (b) a counselor, friend; (c) rathes-men, advisers.

40. rẹ̄nish(e adj.

Additional spellings: renishe
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(a) Strange, uncouth; (b) of an emperor: stern, awful.

41. reuth(e n.

Additional spellings: reuthe
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(a) Pity, compassion, sympathy; also, mercy; alas for reuth; (b) haven reuth of (on, upon), to have pity or mercy on (sb., a soul, etc.); nimen (taken) reuth of, take pity on (sb.); (c) haven reuth

42. sā̆klē̆s(se adj.

Additional spellings: saklesse
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(a) Innocent, guiltless; blameless, free from reproach; sakles of, not guilty of (a deed); not responsible for (Christ's death); (b) free from sin; sakles of (o) sinne; (c) of sorrows, blame…

43. sẹ̄l(e adj.

Additional spellings: sele
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(a) Good; also, brave; also, sup. as noun: the best men [quot.: Lay.Brut 1162]; (b) good for a purpose; skilled, efficacious, favorable; the selere, better, more favorable; (c) wealthy, prosperous…

44. sē̆ventẹ̄nthe num.

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(a) Ordinal number as adj.: seventeenth; (b) ordinal number as noun: the seventeenth year, letter of the alphabet, etc.; (c) in compound number.

45. shau(e n.

Additional spellings: shaue
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(a) A wood or forest; a grove; a thicket; at a shau side, at the edge of a forest; shau of (the) wod, a wodes shau; under (the) shau, beneath the foliage of a wood, in the shade; in thickets; also…

46. shẹ̄ten v.

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(a) To hasten from one place to another, move swiftly, rush; also fig.; plunge (into a river); duck (under a shield); refl. rush (into a ship); of a ship: sail swiftly; of an arrow: fly forth from a…

47. shirten v.(2)

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Refl. To amuse oneself, enjoy oneself.

48. shrīven v.

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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…

49. sixtẹ̄nthe num.

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(a) Ordinal number as adj.: sixteenth; (b) ordinal number as noun: the sixteenth year, article, etc.; (c) in compound number.

50. skẹ̄ling(e n.

Additional spellings: skelinge
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An outbuilding; a shed, lean-to.

51. skillen v.(1)

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(a) To distinguish (good from evil); also, physically separate (one thing from another); skilled oute, set apart (from other people), marked off as different; (b) to cause (words) to differ, make…

52. slaught(e n.

Additional spellings: slaughte
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(a) The killing of an individual; manslaughter, murder; also, execution; (b) the killing of many people as the result of war, feuding, etc., slaughter, carnage; also, an instance of this, a bloody…

53. slēuīe n.

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Languor, heaviness, weariness.

54. slingen v.

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(a) To throw (sb. or sth., esp. into a place or in a specified direction), hurl, fling; also, fell (an adversary) in battle; also, raze (a city); slingen abouten, swing (sb.) around; slingen doun

55. snakeren v.

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To sneak, slink.

56. span-neue adj.

Additional spellings: spanneue
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Brand-new.

57. sprenten v.

16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of a person, an animal: to leap, spring; also fig.; sprenten oute; (b) of drops of water, sparks: to leap, fly; of blood: spurt; of blood, water, etc.: spatter (on sth.); sprenten oute (abouten);

58. stath n.

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(a) A shore; the bank of a river, edge of a pond [last quot. may be error for scath(e n.]; also in proverbs; (b) a dock, wharf, landing place; lond stath, an embankment forming the end of a bridge…

59. tal n.

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A slip of wood, a cutting; tal shide, a piece of hewn timber from which faggots are cut, a length of wood, billet of firewood;—also coll.; tal ston, some kind of cut stone; tal wode, q.v.

60. telden v.

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(a) To pitch (a tent), set up (a pavilion, tabernacle); telden up; (b) to set (a trap, snare), set out (a net);—often in fig. contexts; (c) to build (sth.), erect, raise; telden on (upon) loft; telden

61. thacchen v.

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To cover the roof of a building with thatch or other material; cover the roof of (a building) with thatch; cover the roof of (a building or part of a building) with lead, tiles, etc.; also, cover (a…

62. thach(e n.

Additional spellings: thache
87 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Straw, reeds, or similar material used in covering a roof, thatch; also, such material put to other uses; lode thach; (b) a covering of thatch or of lead, tiles, etc. over a roof; also, a roof…

63. than conj.

377 quotations in 20 senses
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Used to introduce a clause having a finite verb and expressing a comparison or contrast: (a) in constructions with a comp. adj., adj. as noun, or adv. in the comp. degree: than; (b) in constructions…

64. tharnen v.

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(a) Of God's will: to be absent (from someone's sight), be unclear (to sb.); (b) to be without (sth. or sb.), lack [a few quots. could also be construed as (c)]; also, fail to gain (sth.) [quot…

65. though adv.

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Used contrastively: (a) however, yet, nevertheless; ?also, moreover [quots. c1275, 2nd, and perh. a1400]; also, in correl. construction with though conj.: though..though, although..still; (b)…

66. thrī̆tẹ̄nth(e num.

Additional spellings: thritenthe
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(a) Ordinal number as adj.: thirteenth; thritenth dai, the thirteenth day; also, on the thirteenth day; thritenth yer, in the thirteenth year; dai thritenth, on the thirteenth day; (b) ordinal number…

67. throu n.(2)

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(a) A contraction of the uterus while giving birth; the pain and discomfort experienced while giving birth;—usu. pl.; also in fig. context [quot. a1393]; pininge throwes; a twenti throwes, a period of…

68. thurfe adj.

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Needed, needful.

69. thurven v.

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(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).

70. tight adj.

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(a) Of a thicket, forest: crowded, close, dense; (b) of clothes: heavy, thick; (c) of a body: ?thickset, stout; ?firm, muscular; (d) of a measure of capacity: tightly packed, solid [see also tonne-tig

71. tīmen v.

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(a) To happen, occur; usu. in impers. constructions: hit) timeth, it happens, it befalls; also, it occurs; (b) to fare, get on, get along; also, prosper; ben timed; timen ille, fare badly; timen wel

72. tō̆nge n.(1)

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(a) A double-armed instrument, usually hinged, for manipulating objects too hot or too difficult to hold; a pincers, pliers, pair of tongs;—often pl.; also fig. and in fig. context; fir tonges; paire

73. umgang(e n.

Additional spellings: umgange
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The act of going around, circuiting; circumference, circuit, perimeter; also fig.; in umgang of, round about (sb. or sth.); also fig. [last quot.]; in his (thin) umgang, round about him (you); of

74. ?uniloȝe adv.

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?Truly, indeed.

75. uprist(e n.

Additional spellings: upriste
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(a) The act of rising from bed (b) resurrection; specif., the resurrection of Christ; also, Christ as the agent of resurrection [quots. c1300 & a1400, 1st]; (c) the rising of the sun or a star; sonne

76. wacste n.

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The quality of having grown or increased, might, power.

77. waggen v.

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(a) To be in motion, esp. back and forth or up and down, shake, flutter, swing; also fig. with ref. to (e) [quots. a1387 & a1425]; of teeth: be loose; of a boat: rock with the waves; of flesh: wobble…

78. warī̆-trẹ̄ n.

Additional spellings: waritre
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(a) A gallows, gibbet; also, an instrument of infernal punishment, a gibbet of hell; also used in fig. context (b) a cross used for execution by crucifixion; the cross upon which Jesus was crucified;…

79. wau(e n.

Additional spellings: waue
61 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A wave of water, esp. in the sea; ?also, a current; gon in wawes, to become tempestuous (b) pl. the sea, seen as a collection of individual waves; (c) used metonymically: the sea; water; wau of

80. wāveren v.

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(a) To move back and forth; shift, swing; move unsteadily, totter; also in fig. context [quot. a1450, 2nd occurrence]; also, bob; ben wavered, shift position (b) to wander; waveren abouten (here and

81. wēle n.(2)

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(a) A trap for catching fish, crabs, etc., prob. made of wicker; ?wele hous [may be a mistranscription of wilchon n.]; (b) a basket for storage.

82. welken v.(2)

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(a) To toss (medicinal ingredients) together; (b) to go on foot, walk; (c) to pursue motion along (a course).

83. wē̆t n.

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(a) Water as a naturally occurring substance; water as a medium for preparing recipes, soaking, etc.; also, a fluid with properties similar to those of water (b) a naturally occurring body of water,…

84. wē̆t adj.

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(a) Consisting of moisture, flowing, fluid, wet, liquid;—freq. used pleonastically of liquid substances: wet se (teres), reines (teres, wateres, etc.) wet (b) full of moisture; of cheese: ?fresh;…

85. wīle n.(1)

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(a) An act of deceit, a deception, trick; an underhanded scheme, a subterfuge; a plot, machination; also, a clever maneuver, tactic, cunning strategy; also person. [quot. c1400(?a1387)]; wile and

86. wī-mǒunt n.

Additional spellings: wimount
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(a) A name for the hare; (b) as proper name and surname.

87. wī̆sdọ̄̆m n.

199 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Discretion, prudence, or good judgment in temporal matters; the cardinal virtue of prudence; also person.; wit and wisdom (b) spiritual insight or wisdom, apprehension of spiritual truth; also in…

88. wō̆nde n.(3)

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?The evil one, the devil; ?coll. moles.

89. yẹ̄ld n.

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(a) Tax; a tax, an exaction; also, a royal land tax; also, a sum paid in tax; dane yeld [see dane-geld n.] (b) a customary rent or payment; ?also, quittance or exemption from the obligation to pay…

90. yespon n.

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