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1. first n.(1)

28 quotations in 2 senses
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A (limited) period of time; yere first, a period of years; yeven first, to grant time (for a certain purpose).

2. firsten v.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To delay, postpone; (b) to grant a delay; (c) to lend (money) on credit.

3. querkenen v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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To suffocate (sb.), choke.

4. rennen v.(1)

936 quotations in 33 senses
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(a) Of humans: to run, move quickly on foot; also of angels, centaurs, devils, monopodes, etc.; rennen and (other) rennen, go on foot and (or) ride; (b) comen rennen, comen (gon) renninge, to come…

5. 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…

6. sī̆len v.(2)

4 quotations in 1 sense
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To strain (sth.).

7. skelten v.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To come, go; skelten ther-at, apply oneself to something; (b) to raise (an alarm); cause (skirmishing), begin; (c) ?to cause (sb.) to go away, drive away; ?revile (sb.).

8. stern(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: sterne
24 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The rear section of a ship, the stern; stern post; stern shete, the rear portion of a ship; stern skegge, a wooden projection aft of the stern; leven at stern, to outdistance another ship; (b)…