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almes(se
n.
Additional spellings:
almesse
144 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Anything given to relieve those in poverty or distress, any charitable gift or offering, alms; an allotment of alms;
eten almes
, be dependent on alms;
gan on almes, liven bi, of almes
, live on…
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