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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. 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.

3. 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).

4. 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

5. dring n.

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

6. 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.

7. 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.)…

8. 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…

9. 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…

10. 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…

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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…

14. Īrish n.

25 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The Irish people; Irish soldiers or army; wilde Irish; (b) the Irish language; (c) ?Irish linen; (d) as surname [some examples may be OF irais, wrathful, bad-tempered].

15. market n.(1)

103 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A periodical public assembly for buying or selling; also, an occasion of such a gathering; beten market, to linger or hang about at a market; crien a market, announce the holding of a market…

16. messen v.(1)

6 quotations in 1 sense
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To celebrate mass; ppl. imassed, of mass: celebrated or sung; -- impers.

17. mis n.

129 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Sin, sinfulness; guilt, culpability for sin; evil, wickedness; withouten mis, sinless, innocent; withouten mis of this man, he being sinless, innocent as he was; (b) a sin, an evil deed; criminal…

18. mis- pref.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A prefix with a wide range of pejorative meanings: evil(ly, sinful(ly, wicked(ly, false(ly, unjust(ly, illegal(ly, bad(ly, harmful(ly, painful(ly, wrong(ly, incorrect(ly, mistaken(ly, unwise(ly…

19. Nor-wei(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: Norwei, Nor-weie, Norweie
19 quotations in 1 sense
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Norway; Nor-wei coste, the Norwegian coast; Nor-wei man, a Norwegian.

20. pī̆ken v.(1)

196 quotations in 10 senses
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To work with a pick or other digging implement; --also refl.; dig (sth.); break up (land, a field); dig up (weeds); piken awei, dig up (weeds); undermine (a foundation); piken oute, dig out (stones…