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1. aloft(e adv.

Additional spellings: alofte
65 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Up in the sky or air; high above, at or to a height; high aloft; (b) on top, atop; above, upstairs; also, on (a surface); lenden aloft, go up (to sb.); (c) upward; liften, heven aloft, lift up…

2. anlē̆t n.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Face; (b) forehead; (c) appearance, looks; image.

3. āre dawes n. (plural)

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Only in bi are dawes, in days of yore, long ago.

4. ayẹ̄n adv.

155 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Back or away from something; to the rear, back, backwards; drawen ayen, ten ayen, draw back, withdraw; holden ayen, hold back, check, restrain; putten ayen, set or thrust back or away; turnen

5. bī̆sten v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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To buffet (sb.), pummel, flog, beat; also without obj., of waves: to dash, rage.

6. ebland adv. & prep.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Mixed together, together; al ebland, all together; (b) among, amongst.

7. emel(le adv.

Additional spellings: emelle
8 quotations in 3 senses
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Along with, besides; together.

8. gē̆ten v.(1)

330 quotations in 13 senses
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(a) To acquire (sth.), earn, buy, win, receive, find; ivel geten, ill-gotten; fals geten, got by falsehood; (b) refl.

9. hēlden v.

138 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To pour (sth.), pour away, spill; heap, pile up; throw out (ashes); helden ful, fill (a dish) full (of blood); helden in with, pour (water) on (sth.); (b) fig. to shed (grace, joy, light, etc.)…

10. hitten v.

83 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To strike (sb. or sth.); strike a blow; deliver (blows); hitten in, cut into (sb. or sth.); hitten on, beat upon (sb. or sth.); hitten on the hed of the nailes ende, hit the nail on the head…

11. igain adv.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Back again, back towards a place; ben igain, to be back; cumen (drauen, turnen) igain, return; (b) once more; (c) in return, in reply; (d) igain callen, to revoke (a promise).

12. 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…

13. in-bland adv.

Additional spellings: inbland
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Together, jointly, in combination; in-bland with, together with.

14. inset-hǒus n.

Additional spellings: insethous
4 quotations in 1 sense
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Some kind of building on a farm.

15. ketling n.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The young of an animal; a whelp, cub, kitten; lioun ketling; also fig.; (b) ?a youth, adolescent.

16. king n.

280 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A king, monarch; (b) in titles; king of kinges, supreme king, emperor; (c) one of the wise men of Mat. 2; also, a representation of one of them; thre kinges of coloin; king pleie, a play dealing…

17. laughen v.

245 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To laugh (in amusement, triumph, derision, etc.); smile; jeer; of the eye(s: show pleasure or amusement; (b) laughen for scorn (bismare), laughen ascorn, to laugh in scorn; laughen faste (loude,

18. lē̆r n.

64 quotations in 3 senses
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The cheek; in pl.: the face; loken under ler, to look down over (one's) cheek, look downward.

19. rōn n.(2)

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A rowan-tree berry.

20. shrīven v.

147 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Refl. To make confession, make confession (to sb., to God); also iron., with implication of impending decease [quot.: Chaucer TC]; (b) refl. shriven o (of), to confess (sins), make confession of…