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1. ē̆vening n.(2)

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An equal (as to rank, excellence, etc.); a peer; fellow, neighbor (in the Biblical sense); -- often with to or with phrase.

2. drī(e adj.(2)

Additional spellings: drie
29 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Great, large, tall; of blows: hard, heavy; of a warrior: strong, valorous; driest del, greater part; (b) lasting, long; of a way or path: long, tedious; dri fro, distant from.

3. though adv.

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Used contrastively: (a) however, yet, nevertheless; ?also, moreover [quots. c1275, 2nd, and perh. a1400]; also, in correl. construction with though conj.: though..though, although..still; (b)…

4. heil adj.

45 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Free from disease, infirmity, or injury; healthy, sound, unharmed; heil and hol, heil and quert, heil and sound, etc.; (b) undamaged, unimpaired; heil memori, sound memory; heil wit, sound mind…

5. nevenen v.

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(a) To mention (sb. or sth.), speak of, refer to, esp. by name; aboven (biforen) nevened, mentioned above; heren nevenen, hear mentioned, hear spoken [see heren v. 5. (b)]; ppl. neuenand, the…

6. māke n.(1)

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(a) Either of a married human couple, mate, husband, wife; (b) either of a non-human couple, bird, animal or fish; a mate; (c) either of a betrothed human couple; also, lover, paramour, mistress; (d)…

7. sāke n.

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Strife, discord, enmity; a dispute, cause for dispute; a legal dispute or action; o sake, ?in accusation; withouten sake, without cause for dispute, without legal cause.

8. mīlde adj.

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(a) Merciful, forgiving; milde mod, merciful heart or spirit; (b) lenient, soft; (c) as noun: those who are merciful.

9. shẹ̄ne adj.

173 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Of a person, esp. a lady: beautiful, fair, handsome; also used of a group of people; bright and shene; (b) as an epithet for a lady; the shene; (c) of Christ, the Virgin Mary, a supernatural…

10. thriftre n.

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Growth, health, physical development.

11. skerre adj.

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Excitable, easily frightened or provoked.

12. callen v.

163 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To cry out, call, shout; (b) to cry out (sth.), say (sth.) loudly; (c) callen after, to call for (sb.), summon; callen on (upon), call to (sb.), address, invoke, summon, call on (sb. for payment)…

13. mẹ̄k adj.

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(a) Gentle, quiet, unaggressive; of a woman: modest; of eyes: soft; mek and milde, milde and mek; (b) full of loving kindness, benevolent, kind, sweet; mek and milde, milde and mek, mek and minde; (c)…

14. draught n.

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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…

15. bisperren v.

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To confine or enclose (as in a nunnery); lock up (as in a chest).

16. ilōpen v.

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(a) To leap, jump; ilopen to hors, mount a horse; (b) to run, rush; (c) to penetrate, pierce.

17. noucin n.

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An affliction, a misery; affliction, privation, want.

18. helpen v.

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(a) To give aid or assistance to (sb. or sth.), be an assistant to (sb.); help (sb. to do sth.), help (sth. be done); helpen aloft (up), help (sb.) up; helpen doun with, help (sb.) get (sth.) down…

19. iwōn n.

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(a) Hope; (b) opportunity, resource, way, means; (c) luck, fortune; (d) property; (e) body of soldiers, force.

20. ē̆vene n.

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(a) Nature, kind, character; (b) ability, resources, means; (c) occasion, cause.