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1. mōt n.(1)

45 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A speck, particle, bit of dirt or foreign matter; an impurity in drink; pl. dust; melten to mot, to be reduced to dust; motes in the sonne (bem, mot in the sonne, motes in somertide, dust visible……

2. mọ̄d n.

276 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Mind as opposed to body; also, translating L animus, mens: mind as that constituent of the soul possessing the faculties of knowing, understanding, etc.; mid mod, in the mind or heart……

3. mọ̄t n.(3)

64 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A meeting; an assembly, especially for legal purposes or for settling accounts, a judicial council; also fig.; the aueful (muchel) mot, the Last Judgment; (b) folkes mot [see folk 2. (e)]; mot……

4. mọ̄ten v.(3)

59 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To speak, talk; say (sth.); complain, argue; (b) moten an-uppen, ?to find fault with (sb.), complain about, abuse verbally; moten ayen(es, complain about (sth.), deny or dispute (sth.); struggle……

5. mōthe-wōk(e adj.

Additional spellings: mothewok, mothe-woke, mothewoke
2 quotations in 1 sense
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Moderately soft. …

6. mē̆ten v.(1)

95 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To measure (sb. or sth., a distance, a quantity); ppl. fiftene times meting, being measured 15 times, i.e., if its length is multiplied by 15; (b) to take measurements, take a measurement……

7. mọ̄ten v.(2)

689 quotations in 21 senses
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To be allowed, be permitted, may: (a) present forms with pr. or fut. meaning; (b) in negative clauses; (c) past forms with past meaning [cp. sense 6.]; (d) in neg. clauses. …

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