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1. shrēde n.

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(a) A scrap or fragment of food or of the Host; a piece of a body; heuen everi a shrede, to cut (sb.) to pieces; (b) a strip of material; an ornamental strip of material hanging from the edge of a…

2. spindel n.

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(a) A spindle for spinning thread; nokke of a spindel, a notch cut in a spindle to hold the yarn in place; slippen spindel, to take yarn off a spindle; (b) the amount of yarn collected on a spindle…

3. tū̆tel n.

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The mouth; also in fig. context; also, the devil's mouth.

4. stilt(e n.

Additional spellings: stilte
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(a) The handle of a plow; (b) a wooden crutch; an artificial leg, peg leg; also, a stilt; stilt bond, a strap for attaching a stilt or a peg leg; (c) ?one of the uprights of a ladder; (d) in surname.

5. sling(e n.

Additional spellings: slinge
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(a) A hand-held weapon for throwing stones or similar missiles, a sling; also fig.; honde sling; sling slaughte, game killed with a sling; sling ston, a stone used as a missile to be thrown from a…

6. stēken v.

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(a) To stab (sb. or sth.), pierce with a weapon; stab (sb., an animal) to death, kill; steken doun, cut (sb.) down with a sword; ppl. stekede, stabbed, killed; (b) to nail (Jesus on the cross); fig.

7. stēne n.(2)

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(a) In cpd.: stene kin [OE stān-cynn], a kind of building stone; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.141].