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1. ave-nāmes n. (plural)

Additional spellings: avenames
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Pieces of land taken from the common land and enclosed for private use. …

2. blāre n.

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A caulking compound made of tar and tow or oakum. …

3. gersum(e n.

Additional spellings: gersume
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(a) A treasured object, valuable possession; also, a gift or reward; (b) coll. treasure, valuables, movable possessions; (c) gold and gersum, etc. [See also gold n., sense 2.] …

4. glimme n.

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Shining brightness; radiance. …

5. īren n.

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(a) Iron, as ore, metal, or commodity; of iren, made of iron or consisting of iron parts; (b) a piece of iron; things made of iron; (c) filinge (limature) of iren, iron filings; filth (rust) of iren……

6. leske n.

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That part of the sides of the body of a man or quadruped between the ribs and thighs; the flank. …

7. noucin n.

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An affliction, a misery; affliction, privation, want. …

8. ofnā̆m n.

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A piece of land detached from common land; -- often in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.7]. [Delete the entry ave-names n.(pl.).] …

9. orest(e n.

Additional spellings: oreste
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(a) Combat, struggle; (b) law the right of jurisdiction over cases involving trial by combat; (c) by misunderstanding of (b): the liberty of entering woods or lands; (d) by false etymologizing [cp. or……

10. osmund n.

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A kind of iron, made chiefly in Sweden; also a standard-size piece of such iron; fals osmund, a counterfeit piece of such iron; trencher osmund, a knife made of such iron. …

11. raun-trẹ̄ n.

Additional spellings: rauntre
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A rowan tree (Sorbus aucuparia). …

12. rōn n.(2)

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A rowan-tree berry. …

13. rump(e n.

Additional spellings: rumpe
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(a) The rump of a quadruped mammal; also, the tail; also, an animal rump as food for a hawk; (b) the rump of a person, posterior; (c) as surname. …

14. runkel n.

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A wrinkle, crease, fold; also, as adj., of an animal's neck: wrinkled with folds. …

15. scalp(e n.

Additional spellings: scalpe
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(a) The crown or top of the head; (b) the skull; (c) as surname. …

16. scā̆rre n.(2)

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(a) A rocky cliff, precipice; a crag, jagged outcropping; (b) a crag or rock formation rising out of the sea; (c) in surname and place names [see Smith PNElem.2.124]. …

17. scarth(e n.

Additional spellings: scarthe
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(a) A pottery fragment, shard; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.124]. …

18. scot n.(2)

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(a) Payment for provision of food or drink at a social gathering, at a tavern, or to one's host or benefactor; one's share of such payment; paien scot; yeven scot, to contribute to a common feast; (b)……

19. shāme n.

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(a) The feeling of having offended against propriety or decency; the feeling of having done something disgraceful; an instance of such feeling; embarrassment or revulsion caused by awareness of one's……

20. stāver n.

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(a) An upright bar in a rack for hay or fodder; hacche staver; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.141, 142]. …

21. stǒupe n.(1)

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(a) A jug, often made of leather; also, a measure for liquids, varying from one pint to several gallons; (b) a vessel or container for holy water; holi water stoupe. …

22. trol n.

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(a) ?A sorcerer or demon;—used in fig. context; (b) in surnames and place name [see Smith PNElem.2.188]. …

23. twinling(e n.

Additional spellings: twinlinge
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(a) One of two children born at a single birth, a twin; a pair of children or animal progeny born at a single birth, twins; twinling of men (wommen), a male (female) twin; twinling of notes or of……

24. wāre n.(5)

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Suppurated matter, pus, ichor; ?also, ear wax [2nd quot.]. …

25. wē̆t n.

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(a) Water as a naturally occurring substance; water as a medium for preparing recipes, soaking, etc.; also, a fluid with properties similar to those of water (b) a naturally occurring body of water,……

26. wō̆nd(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: wonde
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(a) A sapling; also fig.; a cutting; also, a branch; tre (treen) wond; under wond, in the woods; wode wond, coll. branches (b) in stock similes and prov. expressions; (c) wond penies, a customary……

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