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1. barken v.(1)

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To tan (hides) with an infusion of bark.

2. benger(e n.

Additional spellings: bengere
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A grain bin; the hopper of a mill.

3. benk n.

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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.

4. n.

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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…

5. bland-corn n.

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

6. blǒnderen v.

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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…

7. bǒu(e n.(2)

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

8. brāke(n n.

Additional spellings: braken
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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

9. bred-ful adj.

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

10. bulder n.

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A stone worn round, boulder, cobblestone; bulder ston.

11. bulten v.(2)

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(a) To move quickly; bulten on, strike at (sb.); bulten ayein, rebound; bulten on the erthe, drop to the ground, hit the ground; (b) bulten out, to expel, drive out.

12. burre n.(1)

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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…

13. cāke n.

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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

14. cakelen v.

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(a) Of a fowl: to cackle, cluck, quack; of other birds: chatter, etc.; cakelen it out, make it known by cackling; (b) to talk volubly or foolishly, chatter, gossip; tell (sth.) in idle chatter or…

15. carald n.

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A cask; fig. a place of confinement.

16. carpen v.

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(a) To talk, chat, converse, discourse; carpen toward, address (sb.); (b) tell (sth.), say; ask (a question); as I have herd carpen, as I have heard tell; as men do carpen, as people say; to carpen

17. clint n.

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

18. clọ̄ke n.(2)

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Claw; also fig.; -- only in pl.

19. clǒmsen v.

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(a) To become numb or stiff, as with cold; (b) clomsed, benumbed, stiffened; enfeebled.

20. colk n.

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(a) The core (of an apple); the heart (of an onion); sparen neither appel ne colk, to do all one can, go as quickly as possible; (b) the center or bottom (of the heart).

21. cǒuren v.

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(a) To crouch, squat, or kneel; couren doun, couren on knes; (b) to cringe, cower; (c) fig. to lurk.

22. 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

23. crul adj.

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(a) Of the hair or head: curly; (b) as surname.

24. crullen v.

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(a) To curl (the hair); (b) to bend (sth.), twist; (c) ?to crease (sth.), fold.

25. cukken v.

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To void excrement.

26. dashen v.

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(a) To strike (sb., sth.) violently, as with a weapon; dash to pieces, shatter; dashen to peces, dashen a two; dashen doun, strike or knock (sb., sth.) down; dashen out, knock or dash out (teeth, the…

27. disken v.

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To drop, sprinkle.

28. dunch(e n.

Additional spellings: dunche
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A loud noise, crash; a blow.

29. dunchen v.

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To give (sb.) a blow or thrust, beat, thump, push.

30. fisken v.

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Scamper; fisken aboute, wander about idly; of the tongue: wag.

31. flǒunder n.

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(a) A flatfish, esp. the flounder; (b) as a name.

32. fraknes n. (plural)

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Freckles; also certain other skin blemishes.

33. gaitris n.

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(a) In phr.: gaitris beries, some kind of berries used as a laxative; berries of the honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum or L. caprifolium), ?berries of the common European buckthorn (Rhamnus…

34. garsel n.

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Brushwood used for fencing.

35. 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.

36. gaspen v.

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To open the mouth wide, gape; also, exhale.

37. gessen v.

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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)…

38. gil(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: gile
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(a) The gill of a fish; (b) gil fish, a kind of stockfish.

39. glenten v.

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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

40. glouen v.(2)

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To stare, gaze; glouen up)on, stare at (sth.).

41. glǒuten v.

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To scowl, look glum.

42. golf n.

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A heap of sheaves in a barn; prob. the heap of grain between any two upright posts of the barn.

43. gulpen v.

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To gulp down (drink).

44. halk-essing n.

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

45. hals n.

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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…

46. harwe n.

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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…

47. hā̆ver n.(2)

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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

48. hei interj.

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(a) Implying challenge, rebuttal, anger, derision; (b) indicating sorrow or concern; hei weilawei; (c) an exclamation of encouragement to dogs, esp. in hunting; (d) as a burden in songs and carols…

49. 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…

50. hilder n.

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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].

51. inmēte n.

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The edible inward parts of an animal, entrails.

52. insprǒut n.

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A blowing in.

53. intak n.

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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].

54. kaggerleȝc n.

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Wantonness, lust.

55. kebben v.

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To boast of (sth.); ?to contradict (sth.), deny.

56. kē̆r n.

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(a) Low, swampy ground; a marsh, bog, fen; ker miln, a mill by a marsh; ker side, the side of a marsh; (b) a marsh overgrown with alders or other small trees or shrubs; alder ker.

57. kerven v.

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(a) Of an edged or pointed weapon, a sharp implement, a stroke, etc.: to cut or pierce, make a cut or incision, inflict a stroke that cuts or pierces; have the property of cutting or piercing; also fi

58. kēt(e adj.

Additional spellings: kete
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(a) Of warriors, knights: bold, brave; strong; of persons: distinguished, illustrious; of beasts: fierce; (b) of towns: strong; of hills: rugged, ?massive; of wind, storms: violent; of noise: loud; of…

59. kide n.

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(a) The young of a goat; kide lomb; (b) the meat of a young goat; -- often pl.; also, a carcass of a kid slaughtered for meat or prepared as a dish; (c) kides blod, the blood of a young goat; kide

60. ?kiwing n.

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?Each thing; ?belly things, food and drink.

61. knag(ge n.

Additional spellings: knagge
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A peg, fastener; hongen on knag, to hang (sb.) on a peg or hook; --?also intrans.

62. knap(pe n.(2)

Additional spellings: knappe
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A sharp blow or stroke.

63. lit-mose n.

Additional spellings: litmose
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A blue pigment, litmus; ?also, lichens from which the pigment is obtained.

64. loperen v.

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Of milk: to become curdled; fig. (in literal transl. of L coagulare): harden (the heart); of the heart: be hardened.

65. loppe n.(1)

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(a) A spider; loppe web, a spider's web, cobweb; (b) a flea; (c) pl. the flies of the fourth plague of Egypt; (d) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.26].

66. lugerande ppl.

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Loosely hanging.

67. luggen v.

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(a) To pull (sb. or sth.) forcibly; luggen of, pull off (lips), pull out (hair); (b) to drag (sb.); (c) to mistreat (sb.); (d) of a vessel afloat: to move heavily; (e) lug-tripe, name of a dog: one…

68. lullen v.

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(a) To induce sleep in (a baby) by rocking, crooning, etc.; also, sing a lullaby; ppl. lulling, soothing; (b) to fondle (sb., a baby, his limbs), caress; also, fondle a baby; (c) to charm (sb.) into…

69. lurken v.

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(a) To hide, be in hiding, lie hidden; be latent; (b) to lie in ambush; (c) to cower, skulk, keep out of sight; (d) to lie comfortably; (e) to go stealthily or cautiously, go under cover; also, crawl…

70. midding n.

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(a) A dunghill, manure pile; (b) as a type of something vile; midding pit, a dung pit; (c) in place name [see Smith PNElem. 2.40].

71. mīre n.(2)

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An ant; also, as surname.

72. nap n.(3)

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A suck, draught.

73. napand ppl.

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Grasping, greedy.

74. nastī adj.

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Unclean, filthy.

75. nigard n.

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(a) A stingy person, miser; greedy or covetous man; (b) a contemptible person, a weakling.

76. nippe n.

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(a) A hill or crag; ?an extremity; (b) in place name [see Smith PNElem. 1.254].

77. nornen v.

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(a) To state (sth.), declare; -- also without obj.; nornen ayenes, ?refuse (sb.), ?rebuke; (b) to urge (sb.), entreat; nornen after, entreat (sb.) in (the name of sb.); (c) to offer (sth. to sb.); (d)…

78. ok adv. & conj.

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(a) Introducing a sentence or an independent clause: moreover, likewise, also; (b) modifying the predicate: too, also, in the same manner; (c) connecting nouns, usually following the last member…

79. pasken v.

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To paddle, splash.

80. picchen v.

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(a) To thrust (sth.), drive (a stake, etc.); picchen in (o, to, into), stick, thrust, or drive (sth.) into (sth.); surround (a wood) with a palisade [quot.: a1450, 1st]; (b) to pierce (sb. or sth.)…

81. pilken v.

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(a) Of a bird: to strike at or pick clean (sth.) with the bill; used fig.; (b) to deprive (sb.) of goods by exercise of power; (c) in surname.

82. plǒugh n.

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(a) A plow; also, a plow with its draft animal(s; --also coll.; (b) gates of the plough, furrows; plough lenge, the length of a plowshare; ?the length of a plow; (c) gon (gangan) at the plough, gon

83. pǒuten v.

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(a) To thrust out the lips in displeasure or sullenness, pout; (b) pouten oute, to swell, erupt.

84. rappe n.

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(a) A blow, stroke; round rappes, hard blows; (b) a fart.

85. rekelen v.

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To clatter, cackle.

86. riplen v.

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(a) To wrinkle, crease; (b) to scratch (sth.), score; (c) med. to bore (a bone), trepan.

87. rison n.

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A stalk of corn, head of oats.

88. rō̆t n.

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(a) Decay, corruption, putrefaction; (b) a disease of sheep; (c) a wasting disease in man; also fig.; (d) in place name.

89. rug n.

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?Light, misty rain.

90. rugged adj.

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(a) Hairy, shaggy-haired; of hair: shaggy, bristly; (b) of clothing: tattered, ragged; (c) of a metal nail: ?blunt; ?crudely made.

91. ruggen v.

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(a) To pull or stretch (sb. or sth.), tug at fiercely; -- also without obj.; also, torture (sb.) by pulling or stretching; (b) to drag (sb.); (c) to tear (sb. or sth.), tear (one's hair); ruggen and

92. ruggī adj.

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(a) Hairy, shaggy, bristly; (b) rugged in form, unshapely.

93. rūke n.

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(a) A heap, pile; also, a haystack; (b) a unit of measure; (c) a group of common people.

94. rusken v.

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(a) To start (game); (b) rusken up, to root up (sth.); (c) of a bird: ?to ruffle (its feathers); (d) in surname.

95. saggen v.

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(a) To sink, be mired; (b) to sag, hang down unevenly; (c) ?to weaken; ?sink down.

96. scōpen v.(1)

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To leap, skip, bound.

97. scorcnen v.

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(a) To become singed or scorched; (b) to make (sth.) dry, parch; also, ppl. scorcned as adj.: parched, dried up.

98. scrabbe n.

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A wild or crab apple.

99. scratten v.

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(a) To scratch (sb., the face, etc.) with the nails; ppl. scratted, scratched (by thorns, etc.); (b) to scratch with the nails; (c) in surname.

100. scul(le n.

Additional spellings: sculle
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(a) The bony structure enclosing the brain, cranium; also, the skeleton of the entire head; also, the head; also in asseveration: bi mi scul; (b) scul bon, the cranium, skull; also, one of the bones…