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1. adlen v.

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(a) To earn (wages, a reward, etc.); to obtain (that which one has earned); -- also refl.; (b) to merit (spiritual blessings, heavenly bliss, etc.); to be deserving of (death, the tortures of hell)…

2. ai adv.

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Of continous actions or states: (a) all the time, always, constantly, unceasingly; (b) eternally, forever.

3. al-gāte(s adv.

Additional spellings: algate, al-gates, algates
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In all ways, in every way or respect; entirely, altogether.

4. alīche adv.

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(a) Of mode: in the same manner, similarly; without distinction; (b) of degree or extent: equally; (c) in equal measure or quantity (= Latin ana).

5. 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…

6. 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…

7. amboht n.

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Handmaid, bondwoman.

8. amis adv.

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(a) Of the actions of persons: in a wrong or mistaken manner; gon, faren amis, go astray, go wrong; leden, turnen amis, mislead; speden amis, fare badly; feren amis, be ill; sheten amis, miss the…

9. anclẹ̄ n.

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(a) The ankle; ankle bone, esp. the inner projection [quots. c1150, c1440]; innermore ancle; utward ancle, outer projection of the ankle; (b) ancle bon, ankle bone; utter ancle, outer projection of…

10. anger n.

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(a) Distress, suffering; anguish, agony; the anguish of love, love-longing; anger and wo (tene, care); (b) a source of distress, suffering, or discomfort; trouble, hardship; pl. troubles…

11. angren v.

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(a) To be anxious or grieved; -- intr. & refl.; (b) ben angred, be anxious or grieved; be in agony.

12. ar-dawe n.

Additional spellings: ardawe
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(a) Plowland; ar-dawe feld; (b) dais ar-dawe, an acre or juger of plowland (orig. a day's plowing).

13. arvel n.

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Funeral feast, wake.

14. at adv. with infinitive

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To (do, eat, etc.).

15. atlen, -ien v.

Additional spellings: atlien
38 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To intend or plan (to do sth.); -- intr. or refl.; (b) seek or plan (sth.).

16. aue n.

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Fear, terror, dread; also, great reverence, veneration, awe.

17. auk(e adj.

Additional spellings: auke
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(a) From the left; of a stroke with the sword: from left to right, backhanded; (b) perverse, wrong; (c) strange, marvelous.

18. aun(e n.

Additional spellings: aune
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The beard on grain; an awn.

19. āv(e)len v.

Additional spellings: avelen
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(a) To make an effort, strive to obtain; to earn or merit; (b) ppl. endowed.

20. avelō̆ng adj.

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Oblong, elongated; of a round vessel: out of shape.