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1. assẹ̄th n.

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Fulfillment, satisfaction, reparation; maken (don) asseth, give satisfaction: (a) fulfillment of a wish, expectation or requirement; (b) fulfilling of a need; (c) satisfactory answer to a question or……

2. bitlok n.

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A bit of food. …

3. blist adv.

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In strong gusts, violently. …

4. blisted ppl.

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Breathed upon balefully, blasted, blighted. …

5. brǒustī adj.

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Fermented; of oil: rancid. …

6. cros n.

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(a) A cross for crucifixion, a gibbet; (b) the cross of Christ; holi cros; Exaltacioun of the cros, a feast, Sept. 14; feste of the holi cros, feast of the Invention of the Cross, May 3; (c) winnen……

7. croteles n. pl.(1)

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Small lumps or particles. …

8. dūplicāten v.

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?To make a second reply to (a replication). …

9. ē̆che n.

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A tool or implement of some sort; ?an adze. …

10. ērī adj.

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Filled with fear or dread. …

11. gagrille n.

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Some kind of insect or reptile. …

12. ǧait n.

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A band or border on cloth. …

13. loiotǒur n.

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?Leather or fur from an otter. …

14. mīthen v.(2)

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To see or observe (sth.); ?be observed or seen. …

15. orlen v.

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?To bind by a pledge; orlen seurte to, bind (sb.) by a pledge to a formal agreement. …

16. osete n.

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(a) A kind of cloth, probably woolen; also, a piece of such cloth; (b) an instrument used in making cloth, probably a loom under a certain size used in making this cloth. …

17. pakā̆ld n.

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A package, bundle; burden, load. …

18. paumestrī n.

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The practice of reading palms; palmistry. …

19. perle n.(1)

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A rush of water, surge. …

20. pil-cok n.

Additional spellings: pilcok
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(a) The penis; (b) as surname. …

21. pirewinkes n.

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An instrument of torture for squeezing the thumbs, thumbscrew. …

22. pirī n.

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A storm, squall; a blast of wind. …

23. plǒuke n.

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A pustule, pimple. …

24. polte-net n.

Additional spellings: poltenet
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Some kind of fishing net. …

25. quethiren v.

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Of an arrow: to whiz, whir; quethiren oute, whir out, fly out. …

26. ranel n.

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A piece of equipment in a bakehouse; ?a rannel-tree. …

27. ?rans n.

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Some kind of prop or bar for a cart. …

28. rapok n.

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A contemptible person, wretch. …

29. rashen v.

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(a) To hurry along, rush; refl. hasten; rashen on armes, rush to the attack; (b) rashen in peces, to fly apart; rashen out, ?to swell; ?burst; (c) ?to scrape. …

30. rāth(e n.

Additional spellings: rathe
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A quarter of a year. …

31. renǧe n.(1)

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A kind of sieve, esp. one for sifting grain or meal. …

32. roset n.

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Rosin. …

33. rōve n.(2)

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Coll. Metal plates for clinching nails; rove nail, nails used with a clinch plate. …

34. ruffẹ̄ n.

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A candle or torch. …

35. rug n.

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?Light, misty rain. …

36. runǧen v.(2)

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In phrase: rungen oute, to search out (sth.), find out. …

37. scailen v.

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(a) Of persons: to separate, part company; scatter, disperse; (b) ben scailed, to be scattered or dispersed; (c) of vapor or smoke; to dissipate, disperse; (d) of hair: ?to disperse; ?flow or hang……

38. scaue n.

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An imperfection in cloth. …

39. schāte n.

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?A fence. …

40. scoudere n.

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(a) One who dresses skins into leather of a white or light color [cp. whittauier n.]; (b) as surname. …

41. scǒupen v.

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To leap, skip, bound. …

42. scǒur n.

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(a) An attack, a conflict; an attack or a pang of emotional suffering; (b) in phrase: god scour, at high speed, quickly; comen (driven, faren, etc.) god scour. …

43. smewe v. (past singular)

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Pulled off (a garment). …

44. smilt adj.

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Finely sifted. …

45. smolten v.

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(a) To escape, go free; (b) ppl. smult, ejected, passed. …

46. sneke n.

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A head cold. …

47. snippand adj.

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?Dazzlingly white; ?cold, nipping. …

48. soffen v.

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To knock (sb. from a horse). …

49. sprongelen v.

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?To struggle or writhe in death pain. …

50. squirel n.

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(a) A squirrel, esp. the common Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris); -- also coll.; (b) the fur of the squirrel; (c) squirel tail, the tail of a squirrel; -- also coll.; squireles tail(es, the……

51. stage adj.

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Of animal skins: dried by stretching, without seasoning; also, as noun: dried, unseasoned skins. …

52. stā̆terand adj.

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Staggering, tottering, stumbling; -- as term of abuse. …

53. stitton adj.

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An abusive epithet of uncertain meaning. …

54. stǒute n.

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In phrase: stoute and route, completely. …

55. strēken v.(1)

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(a) To lie stretched out, be extended; refl. to extend over a given area; (b) to stretch out (one's limbs) in a recumbent position; ppl. streked, prostrate, prone; (c) to fall prostrate; (d) to lay……

56. suffeten v.

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To slap, smack. …

57. switteron adj.

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?Splashing, wallowing; switteron swein, fig. ?a helpless infant. …

58. tavorsai n.

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Cook. A spicy stew of cod's head and liver. …

59. tenauntrī(e n.

Additional spellings: tenauntrie
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(a) A property holding usu. attached to a manor and let in exchange for money or feudal service;—also coll.; fre tenauntri, a freehold; (b) one of the buildings leased. …

60. thræflī adv.

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Urgently, eagerly; ?angrily. …

61. thrat adj.

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?Swollen, enlarged; ?misshapen. …

62. tiflen v.(2)

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To handle (sth.) carelessly, examine so as to damage or disorder. …

63. trotevāle n.

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(a) Vain talk, idle tale-telling; also, a trifle; a piece of foolishness; (b) a deceit, trick, delusion. …

64. tusse-mose n.

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A bouquet of flowers or herbs, nosegay. …

65. twinter n.

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A stock animal that has passed its second winter, a two-year-old; twinter noute, two-year-old cattle. …

66. undẹ̄mnes n.

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?Extraordinary or incalculable force, harshness, or severity; undemnes dint, an extraordinarily strong blow. …

67. ūrlī adj.

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?Emaciated, miserable-looking. …

68. vō̆k n.(1)

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(a) (?A reputation for) prowess, (?show of) strength; beren vok; (b) rumor, reputation, common report. …

69. war-lou n.

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(a) One who is disloyal to king or country, a traitor; a criminal, felon; also with diminished force as a term of abuse (b) a wicked person, sinner; an impious person, infidel; a deceiver; also used……

70. warrok n.(1)

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A somewhat disparaging or contemptuous term for a dog; ?a hideous or monstrous creature. …

71. wēthe n.

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A piece of cloth, swatch; saumple wethe, a sample of cloth used to match a color. …

72. wēve n.

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In phrase: in litel weve, in a moment. …

73. whig n.

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The watery liquid that separates from milk curds in the process of coagulation, whey. …

74. whin n.(2)

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Some type of hard rock. …

75. wiskid ppl.

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Entangled (in brambles). …

76. yedder n.

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The mark of a blow, a weal, bruise. …

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