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1. atlen, -ien v.

Additional spellings: atlien
38 quotations in 5 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To intend or plan (to do sth.); -- intr. or refl.; (b) seek or plan (sth.). …

2. baiten v.

38 quotations in 6 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To bait (an animal) with an attacking or herding dog; specif., to bait (a tied or confined bear, bull, or badger) in sport; (b) of a dog: to set on (an animal or person); perh. [quot.: a1375] to……

3. bannen v.

50 quotations in 5 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To summon (troops) by proclamation; assemble (a fighting force); bannen out; (b) to assemble (a fleet) for an attack; (c) to gather (arms), make ready; to man or make ready (a castle). …

4. bleiken v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) To turn pale (as with fear); bleiken in blodi ble, blush; (b) to make (sb.) turn pale. …

5. blenchen v.

57 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To move suddenly or sharply; jerk, twist; flinch, wince, dodge; blenchen aside; blenchen low, duck; blenchen broues, raise (one's) eyebrows or eyelids; blenchen of slepe, wake up suddenly; (b) of……

6. breithen v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To rush. …

7. brennen v.

351 quotations in 9 senses
Sense / Definition
(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……

8. bresten v.

175 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To be broken, fall apart, break, shatter; bresten atwo, bresten atwinne, bresten in peces, bresten in sunder; (b) to break (sth.), shatter, crush; break (one's arm); ppl. brosten, of grain or……

9. britten v.

13 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To mash; (b) to cut to pieces, dismember; (c) to shatter; demolish. …

10. clīven v.

10 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To climb (steps, etc.); cliven up and doun; (b) fig. to climb (to perfection); cliven into (up) the hil of perfeccioun. …

11. drīen v.(2)

99 quotations in 4 senses
Sense / Definition
To perform or do (sth.); commit (sins); do (penance); drien wille, do (someone's) will; drien lif, lead (a certain kind of) life; drien wirdes, try (one's) luck. …

12. gēren v.

91 quotations in 4 senses
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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……

13. gliteren v.

33 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Of things: to flash, sparkle, glitter, shine; reflect light; (b) to have a false or misleading glitter. …

14. greithen v.

184 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To prepare (sth.), arrange, make ready; prepare the way for (sth.); (b) to prepare (food), cook, dress; (c) to complete (preparations); trim (a lamp); skin and cut up (game); wash (a vessel)……

15. helpen v.

263 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To give aid or assistance to (sb. or sth.), be an assistant to (sb.); help (sb. to do sth.), help (sth. be done); helpen aloft (up), help (sb.) up; helpen doun with, help (sb.) get (sth.) down……

16. hilen v.

81 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To cover (sth.), spread over, bury; deck (sth.), caparison (a horse); blot out (sin, one's sight); hilen happing on, lay a coverlet over (sb.); (b) to put clothing on (sb.), clothe; cover (the……

17. hō̆nd-festen v.

Additional spellings: hondfesten
9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To betroth (two people), unite; betroth (sb. to sb.); pledge oneself to (sb. to be married); also fig.; (b) ppl. as adj.: betrothed; also, manacled by the hand. …

18. hō̆ngen v.

589 quotations in 18 senses
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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……

19. kennen v.(1)

214 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To make known (sth., what the case is, where sth. is, how sth. should be done), tell, teach, proclaim; announce (an answer), reveal (that sth. is the case); kennen crede [see crede n. (2) sense……

20. knokken v.

85 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To pound or beat (sth.), hammer (sth.); also fig.; beat (flax); of a nail:?be hammered; knokken out, knock (the marrow) out (of bones); (b) to crush (sth.), pulverize; knokken mid, mix (sth.) with……

21. laughen v.

245 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To laugh (in amusement, triumph, derision, etc.); smile; jeer; of the eye(s: show pleasure or amusement; (b) laughen for scorn (bismare), laughen ascorn, to laugh in scorn; laughen faste (loude,……

22. leiken v.

45 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To engage in a game or contest, sport; also, trifle; play (with sb. or sth.); take pleasure (in sth.); delight (to do sth.); play (a game with sb.); (b) refl. to amuse oneself, enjoy oneself……

23. lēmen v.(1)

3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To strike (sb.); (b) ?to beat (sth.) off, drive away; (c) ppl. lemed, ?delayed, slow; ?halting, crippled. …

24. lēnen v.(3)

218 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To give or grant (sth.) to (sb.); give to (the poor); pay (tribute); give, be generous; lenen to, give (sth.) to (sb.); (b) to give (sb. a woman) in marriage; (c) to grant or give (sb. strength……

25. lōthen v.

65 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To be hateful or distasteful; be hateful to (sb.); whether me liste or lothe, whether I like it or not; (b) hit) me lotheth, I dislike (to do sth.); us lotheth, him lothede, etc.; (c) me lotheth……

26. marken v.(1)

233 quotations in 13 senses
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(a) To set the boundaries or limits of (a plot of land, body of water, etc.); stake out; (b) of a sea or river: to reach the shore; (c) ppl. marked, of armies or troops: spread out, extended in width……

27. mēlen v.

74 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To speak, talk; -- also refl.; of birds: sing; melen with mouth; melen ayen, contradict (natural law) [quot.: Jos.Arim. 106; see kinde n. 7. (b)]; melen forth, proceed (with a narrative); melen of……

28. messen v.(1)

6 quotations in 1 sense
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To celebrate mass; ppl. imassed, of mass: celebrated or sung; -- impers. …

29. missen v.(1)

137 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To fail to find (sb. or sth.), notice to be absent or missing; become separated from (one's company, one's comrade); missen path, lose (one's) way; ben missed, be absent; be noticed to be absent……

30. ofsāken v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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To deny (sth.); contradict (sb.). …

31. 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……

32. recchen v.(2)

205 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To care, heed; litel recchen, ne (not, nought) recchen, recchen never; the devel have (who) that reche, may the devil have anyone who cares; (b) recchen of, to care about (sb., oneself, an……

33. 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……

34. rennen v.(2)

33 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To ride on horseback, esp. at a gallop; go or travel with speed; (b) rennen awei, to ride or go away, flee; rennen over, ride over (sb.), trample; (c) rennen other rennen, to go on foot or ride on……

35. ridden v.

49 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To clear (an area) of debris, etc., make bare; ridden up; ppl. ridde, clear, bare; (b) to clear (an area, a way) of opposing warriors; also, refl. clear oneself a path through opposing warriors……

36. ringen v.(1)

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To provide (sth.) with rings, attach metal rings to; affix a ring to the nose of (a swine); also, adorn (sb.) with finger rings; also, ppl. ringed as adj.; (b) ringed not to wide, of mail: made of……

37. saughten v.

53 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To make peace, be conciliated, be reconciled; saughten with, make peace with (sb.), become reconciled with; also, make peace by means of (tools of peace) [1st quot.]; (b) to conciliate (a land)……

38. scrīthen v.

25 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To go, travel, come; of a spear: fly; scrithen from, escape from (sb.); ben scrithen; (b) fig. to enter (into sb., the heart or mind of sb.); slip (out of the thoughts of sb.); (c) to fall, slip……

39. sẹ̄chen v.

671 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To look for (sb. specific), try to find (sb. meeting certain requirements); sechen after (for); (b) to look for (sth., sth. suited to a purpose, the whereabouts of sth.), try to find; sechen for……

40. shāmen v.

158 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To feel shame, be ashamed; blush, show physical signs of shame; also fig.; shamen for, be ashamed in the presence of (sb.); ppl. shamed, ashamed, filled with shame; (b) to be ashamed of (sb. or……

41. shẹ̄ten v.

287 quotations in 10 senses
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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……

42. shīnen v.

257 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To send forth light, be bright; also fig.; -- also refl.; shinen in; (b) of plants, precious stones, etc.: to shine with intrinsic radiance; also fig.; (c) ppl. shining(e, effulgent, brilliant……

43. shọ̄n v.

86 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To put shoes on (sb., oneself, a statue); provide (sb.) with shoes; also fig.; cover the feet of (sb. with sth.); also, cover (the feet with sth.); -- used fig.; hosen and shon; (b) ppl. shod……

44. 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……

45. sitten v.

603 quotations in 21 senses
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(a) To be in a sitting position, be seated; occupy a seat; also, with adverbs: sitten abenche, be seated at table; sitten abouten, be sitting around in an area; sitten on, sit by; sitten softe, be……

46. skillen v.(1)

15 quotations in 1 sense
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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……

47. skrī̆ken v.

39 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To shriek with pain, fear, or grief; scream, screech; also used of a frightened bird or chicken; (b) to scream with anger or excitement; also used of a snake and a scorpion; (c) of a baby or an……

48. slaiten v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To set (dogs on an animal). …

49. slēn v.

449 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) To strike (sth.), beat; pitch (a tent); light (a fire); strike off (a head from the body); beat (metal into a shape) [quot.: c1175(?OE) HRood]; -- used without obj.; slen of, cut off (someone's……

50. slingen v.

41 quotations in 2 senses
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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……

51. snakeren v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To sneak, slink. …

52. snarchen v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To shrivel, dry up. …

53. snīten v.

12 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) To blow one's nose; blow (one's nose); also [1st quot.], with punning ref. to 1st quot. in (b); (b) to snuff (a candle); also, tweak or pull (a person's nose with tongs); sniten oute; (c) hawk. to……

54. 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);……

55. swāren v.

15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To answer, reply; (b) to answer (sb. or sth.), reply to; (c) with directly quoted speech: to answer (certain specified words), respond with; also, with indirect speech: answer (that sb. should……

56. sweiven v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To move with a whirling or sweeping motion, whirl, sweep; (b) ?to shake or toss (one's head); -- probably an error for sheuen v.(1), 'expose, reveal.' …

57. swippen v.

17 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) In phrase: swippen at (to), to strike at (sb.), hit, attack, assail; (b) swippen of, strike off (someone's head); -- also, with dat. of pers.pron. [last 2 quots.]; (c) to swing (a sword). …

58. telden v.

42 quotations in 1 sense
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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……

59. thacchen v.

17 quotations in 1 sense
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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……

60. tharnen v.

27 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(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……

61. thiggen v.

25 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To ingest, drink; consume (food, drink); thiggen of, to drink from (pools of water); thiggen on et and on wet, consume (too much) in eating and drinking; also, in construction with infl. inf……

62. thurven v.

172 quotations in 13 senses
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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). …

63. tīmen v.

16 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(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……

64. trusten v.

162 quotations in 5 senses
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(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……

65. twī̆fōlden v.

3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) To double the gravity of (one's sin); (b) translating L distinguere: ?to speak, or speak otherwise than one ought; also, ?utter (a vow). …

66. waggen v.

65 quotations in 3 senses
Sense / Definition
(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……

67. wāken v.(1)

268 quotations in 13 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To be awake; also, be conscious and alive; ppl. wakinge, awake; also, living (b) to remain awake, esp. during hours customarily given to sleeping; also, with inf. as adj. in phrase: holden waken,……

68. wākenen v.

78 quotations in 5 senses
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To be or remain awake;—sometimes as an act of religious devotion. …

69. wansen v.

22 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To decrease or be diminished physically, become less or fewer, waste away, wither; also, vanish, disappear; wansen awei (b) to become shorter; (c) to cause (sth., people) to be diminished, reduce……

70. wāren v.(2)

28 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To spend (money, a sum of money), lay out, expend; make (expenditures), pay (expenses, wages); ivel (wel) wared (b) to spend or make use of (one’s time); employ (one’s wits), use; expend……

71. wāveren v.

26 quotations in 1 sense
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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……

72. welken v.(2)

3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To toss (medicinal ingredients) together; (b) to go on foot, walk; (c) to pursue motion along (a course). …

73. welten v.(2)

13 quotations in 3 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To topple, fall over; also, fall in defeat; welten bakwardes (upright) (b) to overturn (walls); overset (sb.), throw over; welten doun; welten over; throw or toss (a body) over something; (c) fig……

74. wē̆pnen v.

28 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) To provide (sb.) with arms, equip (an army, a soldier, etc.) with defenses, weaponry, etc.; ppl. wepened, armed (b) refl. to arm oneself, prepare oneself for combat; (c) fig. to provide (sb.,……

75. wēren v.(2)

158 quotations in 6 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To dress habitually, be dressed; ppl. weringe, ?to be worn, for wearing (b) to be clad or dressed in (an inner or outer garment, clothing, furs, skins, etc.), dress oneself in; wear (shoes,……

76. werken v.(2)

18 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To be painful, hurt, ache; also, cause pain [quot. c1440]; werken with; ppl. werkande, aching, sore; also, grievous, hurtful (b) of an injured or ailing body part: to cause pain to (sb.), grieve;……

77. wernen v.(1)

132 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To be stinting (b) to deny a request to (sb.); (c) to refuse to give or share (sth.); refuse (sth. to sb., sb. sth.);—occas. with obj. in gen. or of phrase; also, refuse (sb. a request); (d) to……

78. wēven v.(1)

72 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To practice the craft of weaving; also fig.; ppl. wevinge, weaving; also, as noun: a weaver (b) to interlace (threads, yarn, etc.) to form a fabric; weven togeder; weven togeder to hem-self, of……

79. whirlen v.

37 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To move in a circular, whirling motion, turn, revolve, swirl; also, move about quickly and erratically, go swiftly; also fig.; whirlen abouten (oute, up); whirlinge se (whele); whirlinge wind, a……

80. witen v.(1)

701 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) To be certain about (sth.);—sometimes with anticipatory hit or this as obj., with noun clause in apposition following; also without obj. in so so clause [2nd quot.]; also, know (a fact) (b) to……

81. witteren v.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To give information to (sb. about sth.); provide information about (what sb. will be); inform (sb. that sth. is so, what sth. is, etc.); (b) to teach (sb. to do sth.). …

82. wō̆nden v.

60 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To hold back because of doubt or indecision, hesitate, delay; also, hesitate to speak (to sb.) [quot. a1375, 2nd]; with inf. or that clause: hesitate (to do sth.) (b) to hold back because of……

83. wresten v.

65 quotations in 4 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To turn or twist about, writhe; also, extricate oneself (from a grip) by twisting or writhing; of the wind: change direction;—used in fig. context (b) to pull with a twisting motion; (c) to……

84. yēven v.

1371 quotations in 35 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To give alms, gifts, etc., give something voluntarily, make a gift; give generously (to sb.); give alms, gifts, etc. (to sb.) in response to a request; also, in partitive construction: yeven of……

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