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1. win n.(2)

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(a) Joy, happiness, pleasure, delight; a state of innocent happiness in the garden of Eden; a state of eternal joy, heavenly bliss; also, a joy, delight; as epithet: a source of joy; win and wele,……

2. -ī̆(e(n suf.(2)

Additional spellings: -ie, -i, -in
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An inflectional suffix in the infinitive, present plural indicative and subjunctive of verbs: (a) from the OE second weak class: answerien, var. of answeren, bisien, bodien, var. of boden, folwien……

3. wā̆ter-fal n.

Additional spellings: waterfal
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(a) A cascade or waterfall, ?a stretch of rapids (b) a steep fall of water from a roof, runoff; ?also, a structure designed to channel rainfall along a roof edge, perh. a downspout [2nd quot.]; (c)……

4. rist(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: riste
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(a) Increase in population; (b) sonne rist, q.v. …

5. mō̆rwe-tīde n.

Additional spellings: morwetide
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(a) The dawn, daybreak; early morning; forenoon; houre of morwe-tide, the canonical hour of matins; (b) at morwe-tide, in the morwe-tide, upon a morwe-tide, in the morning, at dawn; ayen the……

6. web-bēm n.

Additional spellings: webbem
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A beam of a weaver’s loom. …

7. thrē-craft n.

Additional spellings: threcraft
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An ability to cause misery, a destructive skill. …

8. bāk-monger n.

Additional spellings: bakmonger
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?A seller of baked goods. …

9. wǒund n.

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(a) An injury to a person or an animal involving the piercing, cutting, or laceration of the skin or flesh, a wound; a puncture wound caused by a bee’s sting, an animal’s bite, etc.; also, a gash in……

10. wlonk n.

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(a) Seemly behavior; (b) pride, arrogance. …

11. wither n.

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Hostility, violence; also, adversity; combat, battle [quot. c1300]; o wither [see awiðer adv. & prep.]; on wither, fiercely, violently; ?also, as quasi-prep.: against (sb.) [2nd quot.]. …

12. swīe n.

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The act of keeping silent, silence. …

13. unirīm n.

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A countless number (of people, etc.), a multitude. …

14. unifọ̄h n.

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An excess; unifoh of, a countless number of (people). …

15. unright n.

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(a) That which is morally wrong, wickedness or evil in the abstract (b) sinfulness as an attribute of persons, moral turpitude, unrighteousness; immorality, vice, inclination to sin; (c) wrongdoing,……

16. ungọ̄d n.

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Evil. …

17. yō̆ng n.(2)

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(a) A going, walking; a journey; also, a course [quot. c1275, last]; yong hethen, death; five (twenti) daies yong, five (twenty) days’ journey; also, in adv. construction: fele daies yong, for many……

18. mō n.

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(a) More persons, things, prayers, etc.; also, greater sorrow, ?more sorrows; (b) mani (muchel) mo, many more persons; (c) greater number of persons or things; -- with pl. gen. or of-phrase; (d) ne)……

19. glā̆d n.

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(a) Gladness; for glad, on account of joy; for glad of, because of joy about (sth.); on glad, in joy, joyful; (b) al glad, all glad persons; (c) ?entertainment, ?merry-making. …

20. lẹ̄f n.(2)

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(a) A beloved person, male or female; a sweetheart, darling; (b) a wife, also fig.; (c) a friend; lef and dere, friend and dear one; -- also addressed to one's son; lef and loth, friend and foe……

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