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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. benk n.

20 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A bench, a seat; esp., a long, backless seat; (b) a royal seat, the throne of a ruler; setten on benk, to put (sb.) on a throne, do honor to (sb.); (c) benk ende, the end of the bench. …

3. bī n.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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A dwelling; farm, village, town; bi-milne, town mill. [Common in place names and field names of the East Midland and the North (the Danelaw). See A. H. Smith PNElem. 1.66, & the thorp, by, tun map in……

4. bland-corn n.

Additional spellings: blandcorn
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A blend of wheat and rye sown together. …

5. brāke(n n.

Additional spellings: braken
23 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Any one of a variety of ferns [see quot. ?a1450 Agnus Castus]; bracken; (b) brake bush, a fern thicket; (c) brake of fern, fern-brake, a thicket of fern; (d) in place names [see A. H. Smith PNElem……

6. cāke n.

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

7. carald n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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A cask; fig. a place of confinement. …

8. clint n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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A ledge of rock; a cliff, steep bank. …

9. clọ̄ke n.(2)

14 quotations in 2 senses
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Claw; also fig.; -- only in pl. …

10. cros n.

250 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……

11. garsel n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Brushwood used for fencing. …

12. 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. …

13. golf n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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A heap of sheaves in a barn; prob. the heap of grain between any two upright posts of the barn. …

14. hals n.

50 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The neck; hongen bi the hals, to hang (sb.) with a rope around the neck; fro hals to croupoun, from neck to rump; hals gund [OE heals-gund], a neck tumor; also in asseveration: bi mi hals; (b) the……

15. harwe n.

34 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A harrow for cultivating land, a drag; gon at harwe, to drive a harrow; (b) fig. the Old or New Testament; the power of Love (with pun on arwe); also, in proverb; (c) harwe tind (toth), a tooth of……

16. hā̆ver n.(2)

33 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The cereal grain, oats; (b) haver bern, haver gerner, a storehouse for oats; haver bred, oaten bread; haver cake, a loaf made from oaten flour; also as surname; haver mele, oaten flour; (c) haver……

17. hein n.

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(a) An enclosed piece of land; in hide and in hein, in field and in enclosure, everywhere, completely [?nonce phr. due to exigencies of rime]; (b) hein wod-silver, the commutation of the service of……

18. hilder n.

18 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The European elder (Sambucus nigra); hilder tre; (b) hilder tre, ?the European alder [see alder n. (1)]; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.274]. …

19. inmēte n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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The edible inward parts of an animal, entrails. …

20. intak n.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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A piece of enclosed land taken from a moor or from a common; -- only in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.304]. …

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