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1. almes(se n.

Additional spellings: almesse
144 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Anything given to relieve those in poverty or distress, any charitable gift or offering, alms; an allotment of alms; eten almes, be dependent on alms; gan on almes, liven bi, of almes, live on…

2. augard n. & adj.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Forwardness, arrogance, pride; (b) adj. proud, excellent; exceeding.

3. bagge n.(1)

74 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A bag or sack, with or without its contents; traveling bag, wallet, satchel, pouch; bagge portatif; undo the bagge; (b) a bag as a unit of measure.

4. bannen v.

50 quotations in 5 senses
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(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).

5. blō adj.

61 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Of the body: dark, discolored, black-and-blue, livid; fig. livid with anger; blo stroke, a bruise; (b) as blo as (eni) led, as livid as lead; blak and blo, blo and wan, black-and-blue, livid; blo

6. bō̆rd n.

285 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) A board, a plank; stif as ani bord, stiff as a board; Estlond bord, board imported from Norway or the Baltic countries; oken (okes) bord, an oak board; wainscot bord; (b) coll. lumber, timber…

7. brinie n.

37 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A coat of mail; corselet, cuirass, hauberk; brouden brinie; -- also pl. for sg.; (b) brinie hod, a coif of mail.

8. carre n.

34 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A cart or wagon; often, a small vehicle carrying half as much as a cart; (b) carre bond, the tire of a cart wheel; carre chain, a cart chain; carre clout, an iron plate protecting the axle of a…

9. dring n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Naut. Some kind of sling arrangement needed for the yards.

10. fīle n.(2)

14 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A worthless person, a base fellow; a wretch or rascal; (b) a worthless woman, a wench.

11. gab(be n.

Additional spellings: gabbe
15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Falsehood, deceit; idle talk; (b) withouten (bithouten) gab, without deception or idle talk, truly, assuredly; nist gab, nor is it a lie, truly; (c) a gibe, taunt; (d) as surname.

12. gabben v.

49 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To lie, tell lies, practice deceit; gabben on (upon, of), tell lies about (sb. or sth.); (b) to lie to (sb.); deceive; trick (sb.); gabben of, deceive (sb.) about (sth.); (c) ?to report (sth.)…

13. gāble n.(1)

30 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A gable of a building; also, a façade; (b) gable ende, gable wal, gable wough, the end wall surmounted by a gable, gable end; gable forke, a gable; gable windou, a window in a gable; (c) in place…

14. gein n.

18 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Advantage, benefit; help, remedy; don gein, to benefit (sb.), do (sb.) good; ther is no gein, there is no help, nothing can be done; (b) worth, value or usefulness in battle; (c) reward, profit…

15. interj.

12 quotations in 1 sense
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An exclamation expressing interest, surprise, distress, indignation, shock, etc. [See also hum interj.]

16. hasp(e n.

Additional spellings: haspe
41 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A fastening for a door, gate, chest, etc.; a hasp; up bi the hasp, unfastened, unlatched; barre and hasp, stapel and hasp; (b) a fastening for a garment or a helmet; ?a buckle, ?a lace; (c) a hank…

17. interj.

30 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Stop, hold; nou ho, ho ther; (b) crien (seien) ho, to cease; put a stop to an action.

18. hough n.(1)

49 quotations in 2 senses
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A promontory, cliff; mountain or high hill with steep sides; bi hilles and houes, in hurstes and houes, over hil and hough, over hill and mountain, everywhere.

19. hurten v.

121 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To injure (sb., a part of the body), wound, hurt; afflict (sb.) with disease [quot.: WB(1), Pecock]; of hunger: to pain (sb.); ben hurt, be wounded or injured; -- also intr.; (b) to receive an…

20. 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…