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1. benger(e n.

Additional spellings: bengere
2 quotations in 1 sense
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A grain bin; the hopper of a mill.

2. blǒnderen v.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To walk without seeing, go blindly; (b) to proceed ignorantly, act blindly or irrationally; refl. delude oneself, be out of one's senses; ppl. blundering, rash, clumsy, thoughtless; of things…

3. bǒu(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: boue
3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The bow of a ship; (b) in name of ship.

4. bred-ful adj.

Additional spellings: bredful
16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of a container: filled to the brim, brimful; (b) of an area: completely covered; (c) completely filled, chock-full.

5. burre n.(1)

15 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The common burdock (Arctium lappa); ?also, some similar plant; (b) ?some member of the genus Rumex; ?R. crispus, ?R. obtusifolius; (c) cleavers (Galium aparine); (d) Christ's thorn (Paliurus…

6. cāke n.

48 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A flat cake or loaf; also, an unbaked cake or loaf, a lump of doug; haver (ote, oten) cake, a cake of oaten bread; therf cake, a cake of unleavened bread; barli cake, flouren cake, spiced cake

7. clint n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A ledge of rock; a cliff, steep bank; (b) in place names.

8. cros n.

251 quotations in 12 senses
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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

9. crul adj.

12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of the hair or head: curly; (b) as surname.

10. cukken v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To void excrement.

11. flǒunder n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A flatfish, esp. the flounder; (b) as a name.

12. fraknes n. (plural)

9 quotations in 1 sense
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Freckles; also certain other skin blemishes.

13. gāsen v.

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(a) To stare, gaze, look steadily or intently; (b) gasen abouten, to look after (sth.), watch intently; (c) fig. to fix one's attention, think longingly.

14. gaspen v.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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To open the mouth wide, gape; also, exhale.

15. gessen v.

105 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To infer (sth.) from observation, etc.; perceive, find out; gessen in, gessen of, perceive (sth.) in (sb.), suspect; (b) with clause as obj.: to conclude (that sth. is true or will happen)…

16. gil(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: gile
10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The gill of a fish; (b) gil fish, a kind of stockfish.

17. glenten v.

48 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To move or turn quickly to one side; dodge, flinch; glenten aside, glenten beside; glenten aside on, to fall upon (enemies) from the side; (b) to change one's behavior, deviate; (c) glenten from

18. glouen v.(2)

4 quotations in 1 sense
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To stare, gaze; glouen up)on, stare at (sth.).

19. glǒuten v.

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To scowl, look glum.

20. halk-essing n.

Additional spellings: halkessing
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Naut.?A beam used to reinforce the gunwales at an angle of the ship.