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1. 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

2. chirche n.

467 quotations in 14 senses
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A consecrated building: (a) for Christian worship and the performance of religious rites; (b) as affording rights of sanctuary to fugitives; taken the chirche; (c) as used for the performance of…

3. in prep.

1422 quotations in 30 senses
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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…

4. -ish suf.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A derivational suffix in nouns designating nations, races, or languages, and in adjectives describing them; from OE: Brittish, English, Denish (var. of Danish), Frensh, Grekish, Romanish, Welsh

5. kerven v.

272 quotations in 18 senses
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(a) Of an edged or pointed weapon, a sharp implement, a stroke, etc.: to cut or pierce, make a cut or incision, inflict a stroke that cuts or pierces; have the property of cutting or piercing; also fi

6. king n.

280 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A king, monarch; (b) in titles; king of kinges, supreme king, emperor; (c) one of the wise men of Mat. 2; also, a representation of one of them; thre kinges of coloin; king pleie, a play dealing…

7. 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,

8. lē̆r n.

64 quotations in 3 senses
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The cheek; in pl.: the face; loken under ler, to look down over (one's) cheek, look downward.

9. 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…

10. 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

11. 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…

12. weght n.(1)

202 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) The physical property of heaviness, mass; weight as an attribute of objects, living creatures, or substances; also, the abstract quality of weight as a component of due proportion in nature; also…

13. 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).