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1. bal n.

76 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) A round body; sphere, globe, orb; turnen as a bal, to turn as does Fortune's ball; (b) the orb borne together with a scepter as an emblem of sovereignty; (c) a rounded protuberance or boss for……

2. bōthe num. (as n., adj., & conj.)

369 quotations in 6 senses
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As noun: Two together, both; -- in various constructions: (a) alone; (b) the two of them; the bothe; (c) both here (theire) hedes, the heads of both of them; etc.; (d) here bother (baþre, bothe,……

3. bǒugh n.

81 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A branch of a tree or bush; a main branch, a limb; also, a small branch or twig; (b) a branch of any kind of plant; a spray of an herb or shrub, a shoot, a branch of a vine, a palm frond; (c) a……

4. brẹ̄ch n.

55 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The undergarment covering the lower part of the body; underpants, drawers, or tights; brech and sherte, sark and brek; (b) brech, brek, as pl.; a pare brech, a pair of breeches. …

5. caiser n.

32 quotations in 2 senses
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A Roman emperor, a Caesar; caiser of Rome. …

6. chēp n.

73 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Bargaining, dickering; (b) a (good) bargain or purchase; (c) price asked or offered; þurh non chep, at no price; for negard chep, because of niggardliness; (d) value set (upon a person)……

7. cōl n.(2)

124 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Charcoal, or a piece of it; wode and col(es; prob. also, fuel; -- sg. or pl.; (b) mineral coal [some late quots. in (a) may belong here]. …

8. derth(e n.

Additional spellings: derthe
26 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A period of scarcity or high prices, a famine; derth of scarcite, a famine caused by scarcity; (b) derth of, a shortage of (sth.), lack, scarcity; high price of (sth.), expensiveness. …

9. dingle n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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A deep dell or hollow: (a) se dingle, a deep in the bed of the sea; (b) in names [see Smith PNElem. 1.133]. …

10. draught n.

163 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) The action of pulling, a pull, pulling in harness; (b) pulling or drawing a net to catch birds or fish; (c) the drawing of water from a well; drawing of liquor from a cask, etc.; (d) one cut of a……

11. ender adj. or n.

22 quotations in 1 sense
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Only in set phrases: this ender(s) dai, recently, the other day; this ender(s) night, one night not long ago; this ender(s) yer, formerly, in recent times. …

12. gēthe, gẹ̄the n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Only in phr. in a gethe, ?spiritedly, ?hastily. …

13. hāle-wei(e n.

Additional spellings: halewei, hali-wei, haliwei, hale-weie, haleweie, hali-weie, haliweie
16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A sweet healing liquid, used either as potion or lotion; hale-wei drenche, a potion of this liquid; also, any medicinal antidote; (b) the aromatic oleoresin of the balm of Gilead; (c) fig.; (d)……

14. therne n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A young woman; a girl; (b) a female servant, handmaid. …

15. thixel n.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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An adz; a kind of ax; thixel gouge, an adz with a concave blade; staf (?ston) thixel, ?a long handled ax (?an ax for working stone). …

16. wacste n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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The quality of having grown or increased, might, power. …

17. yespon n.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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A measure of volume equivalent to that contained in a person’s hands cupped together. …

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