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Þ þ (thorn)
Ð ð (eth)
Ʒ ʒ (yogh)
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1.
autēle
n.
4 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A small duck of some kind.
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2.
bāre
n.(2)
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A wave, billow;
se bare
.
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3.
bidagged
ppl.
Additional spellings:
bedagged
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Splashed, bespattered.
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4.
blenchen
v.
57 quotations in 5 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To move suddenly or sharply; jerk, twist; flinch, wince, dodge;
blenchen aside
;
blenchen low
, duck;
blenchen broues
, raise (one's) eyebrows or eyelids;
blenchen of slepe
, wake up suddenly; (b) of…
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5.
chīmb
n.
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
The rim (of a barrel, formed by the joined ends of the staves).
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6.
clōen
v.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To claw or beat.
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7.
drǒuknen
v.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To be overcome;
ppl.
droukning
, dejected, downcast.
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8.
dudde
n.
8 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A cloak or mantle (?made of coarse, woolen cloth); also, a kind of cloth.
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9.
dunch(e
n.
Additional spellings:
dunche
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A loud noise, crash; a blow.
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10.
elten
v.
4 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To mold (bricks); ?to work (clay); to roll (a paste-like substance) between one's hands into a given shape.
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11.
flostring
ger.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Blustering, agitation.
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12.
fors
n.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A cascade, a rapids.
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13.
frough
adj.
9 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Weak (in character), loose, fickle;
fals and frough
; (b) of a vision: delicate; ?delightful.
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14.
glǒuten
v.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To scowl, look glum.
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15.
golf
n.
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A heap of sheaves in a barn; prob. the heap of grain between any two upright posts of the barn.
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16.
gollan
n.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Some kind of wild plant with yellow flowers; probably a species of Ranunculus (buttercup family).
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17.
grẹ̄nen
v.(2)
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To desire, long (to do sth.).
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18.
hirplen
v.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) To walk with difficulty, hobble; (b) to be wrinkled.
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19.
intak
n.
8 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A piece of enclosed land taken from a moor or from a common; -- only in place names [see Smith
PNElem.
1.304].
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20.
jāde
n.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) A cart horse, hack; (b) as surname.
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