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Þ þ (thorn)
Ð ð (eth)
Ʒ ʒ (yogh)
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1.
balteren
v.
4 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To move about clumsily; totter, hobble, tumble about.
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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.
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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4.
clagged
adj.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
?Besmeared, bedaubed, covered.
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5.
claggen
v.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) to clump or grow viscous; (b) ppl.
clagged
, ?besmeared, bedaubed, covered.
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6.
clōen
v.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To claw or beat.
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7.
cubbel
n.
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) A block of wood tied to an animal to keep it from straying, a clog; (b) a surname.
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8.
gloumen
v.
7 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) To look glum or sullen; look displeased; scowl, frown;
gloumen on
, scowl or frown at (sb.); (b) of the weather: to become dark, lower.
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9.
glǒuten
v.
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To scowl, look glum.
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10.
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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11.
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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12.
grẹ̄nen
v.(2)
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To desire, long (to do sth.).
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13.
hirplen
v.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) To walk with difficulty, hobble; (b) to be wrinkled.
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14.
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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15.
kē̆mpe
adj.
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Of hair: coarse, shaggy; of an eel: large, coarse; as noun: a kind of large eel.
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16.
kevel
n.(3)
5 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A big, strong person; ?also, as surname.
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17.
kinsen
v.
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) To wince, shy away; (b) to kick or rear back (against sth.).
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18.
lerk
n.
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A wrinkle; a fold in the skin or flesh.
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19.
leske
n.
9 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
That part of the sides of the body of a man or quadruped between the ribs and thighs; the flank.
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20.
musteren
v.
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
To whisper; mumble.
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