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1. adiliȝen v.

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(a) To destroy, do away with (sth.); blot out (sin); (b) to lapse, be destroyed.

2. alī̆rī adv. or adj.

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leiden legges aliri, ?crossed their legs or thighs; ?made their legs lame, acted as if paralyzed.

3. anlē̆t n.

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(a) Face; (b) forehead; (c) appearance, looks; image.

4. āre dawes n. (plural)

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Only in bi are dawes, in days of yore, long ago.

5. asmēȝen v.

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Consider, scrutinize, examine; conceive of.

6. aswǒue(n, aswoune predicate adj. & adv.

Additional spellings: aswouen, aswoune
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In a swoon or faint; ben, lien, fallen, tomblen aswoue.

7. autē̆r n.

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(a) The altar of a church; also, the altar placed before the shrine or image of a saint; (b) heigh auter, chef auter, the high altar, the altar on which the Eucharist is offered; sacrement of the

8. awākenen v.

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(a) To emerge from sleep, awake; (b) to wake (sb.) up; (c) to come into existence, arise; awakenen of, originate in, arise from; (d) to cause or produce (sth.).

9. ayẹ̄n adv.

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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

10. belī n.

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(a) The belly of man or animal, abdomen; beli and bak, before and behind, all over; (b) the body; (c) beli blind, blind as the inside of the belly, pitch dark; beli bond, a band or strap passing under…

11. bigeored ppl.

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Equipped, armed.

12. bihọ̄ven v.

Additional spellings: behoven
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Of things: to be needed, required, requisite, or necessary; -- (a) alone or with inf. phrase; (b) with personal obj. (dat.) or to phrase; hem bihoveth water, they need water; lothe childe bihoveth

13. birien v.

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(a) To inter or entomb (a corpse); bury (with Christian rites, in hallowed ground); (b) of a priest: to perform the funeral rites; (c) of a plot of ground: beried, occupied by graves.

14. bī̆sten v.

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

15. breiden v.(1)

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To move quickly or suddenly: (a) to hurry, hasten, rush; dash, dart, jump; -- intr. or refl.; (b) breiden up, to jump or start up (as from anger or fear).

16. burgh n.(1)

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(a) A town, a city; also, a small village; (b) in various fig. senses: burgh of bale, hell; burgh of heven, the celestial city; middelerdes burgh, worldes burgh, the world; (c) hegh burgh, great city…

17. chirche n.

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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…

18. craftī n.

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(a) A skilled workman, an artisan; (b) a skillful surgeon.

19. fēd(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: fede
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(a) Mortal enmity, hostility, hostile conspiracy; revengeful spirit, homicide committed in revenge; (b) a mortal enemy; one of the three enemies of mankind (i.e. the flesh, the world, the Devil).

20. fēver-fū, -feu n.

Additional spellings: feverfu, fever-feu, feverfeu
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Feverfew (Chrysanthemum parthenium).