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1. anlē̆t n.

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(a) Face; (b) forehead; (c) appearance, looks; image. …

2. belī n.

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(a) The belly of man or animal, abdomen; beli and bak, before and behind, all over; (b) the body; (c) beli blind, blind as the inside of the belly, pitch dark; beli bond, a band or strap passing under……

3. bẹ̄sting n.

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The first milk after parturition, beestings. …

4. birthen n.

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(a) Something carried or supported; a load, a weight; (b) something carried within the body or as part of the body; a fetus; birthen of nature (womb), excrement; last (secound) birthen, afterbirth……

5. blacche n.

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(a) A black pigment or dye; esp., black ink; (b) black color; (c) a black person; (d) blacche of souteres, a company of cobblers; (e) blacche man, ?a maker or seller of black ink or dye; blacche pot……

6. brẹ̄th n.(3)

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(a) The process of brewing; breth led, a vessel for brewing or cooking; (b) broth, soup. …

7. cart n.

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(a) A cart, a wagon; also fig.; dong cart, [see dong n.(1), 5.]; fare cart, [see fare n. (1), 8.(b)]; iren-bounden cart, shod cart, a cart with wheels which are bound or reinforced with iron bands……

8. cǒu-hē̆rde n.

Additional spellings: couherde
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One who tends cows, a cowherd. …

9. dẹ̄de, dēde n.

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(a) An action, a deed; god dede, ivel dede, etc.; see also almes dede, est dede, man dede, mis dede; (b) a marvelous act, miracle; also, a feat of magic; (c) a favor, kindness, service; (d) ?an……

10. dẹ̄̆reling n.

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(a) Beloved person; friend, favorite, sweetheart; (b) in direct address; (c) of kings: Engle dereling, Englene dereling, beloved of the English; Brittene dereling, the darling of the Britons……

11. drast n.

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(a) Dregs, lees; sediment, scum; -- usually pl.; (b) the refuse of grapes after the juice has been pressed out; drastes of honi, wax; (c) dirt, refuse; also, garbage (?or mast) fed to hogs; (d) fig.……

12. dweomer-cræft n.

Additional spellings: dweomercræft
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Witchcraft, sorcery. …

13. dweomerlāk n.

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Magic art, witchcraft. …

14. dwergh n.

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(a) A supernatural being of subhuman size, dwarf; on dwergh, possessed by a dwarf; dwergh dwosle, pennyroyal (Mentha Pulegium); (b) a member of a race of small people, Pygmy; (c) an undersized or……

15. ei-shel n.

Additional spellings: eishel
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(a) The hard outer shell of an egg; (b) a rough measure of quantity. …

16. eit n.

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An island. …

17. gadeling n.

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(a) A companion in arms; man, fellow; (b) a person of low birth; a base fellow, rascal, scoundrel; ?a bastard; (c) as adj.: base, lowborn; (d) in place name [see Smith PNElem. 1.191]. …

18. galle n.(1)

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(a) The gall bladder of man or animal; (b) the secretion of the liver, bile; chest (kist, hucche) of galle, the gall bladder; (c) as a type of the ultimate in bitterness: bitter as galle, bitterer……

19. gāte n.(1)

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(a) A gateway; a gate of a city, castle, house, etc.; also, a doorway; flod gate, a floodgate; (b) the movable barrier which closes off a gateway; one of the valves of a double gate; ?a portcullis……

20. glas n.

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(a) Glass as substance, material, or a manufactured commodity; bright (brotel, clene, cler, grei, pur, slider) as glas, etc.; also, glemen (shinen) as glas; (b) a piece or splinter of glass. …

21. glēde n.(1)

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(a) A bird of prey, the kite (Milvus milvus); (b) contemptuous term for a falcon; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.204]. …

22. gnat n.

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(a) Any of various small, flying insects; esp. the European gnat (Culex pipiens); (b) as a symbol of something small or inconsequential; clensen (sen) the gnat and swolwen the flie (camel), to strain……

23. gọ̄d-dẹ̄de n.

Additional spellings: goddede
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(a) Good deed(s, pious action(s; (b) act(s of kindness, benefit(s, favor(s; don god-dede, to do good to (sb.), confer benefits upon. …

24. grẹ̄dīnes(se n.

Additional spellings: gredinesse
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(a) Greediness, gluttony; great hunger or thirst; (b) fig. inordinate appetite. …

25. gref(e n.

Additional spellings: grefe
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A writing or engraving instrument, a stylus. …

26. grẹ̄-hǒund n.

Additional spellings: grehound
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(a) A greyhound; (b) a picture or likeness of a greyhound; a greyhound in a heraldic badge or the like; also, the bearer of such a badge; (c) in names. …

27. grei adj. & n.

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(a) Ash-colored, flint-colored, dull, gray; of cloth: gray, drab; of a man: gray-haired; grei hered, grei hore, grei hored, gray-haired, hoary; grei her, an old man; grei tauier, one who taws pelts……

28. grēt adj. & adv. & n.

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(a) Large in size or quantity, big; gret and smal, large and small, all; gret ne smal, big or little, of no kind; althergrettest, largest of all [cp. alder- pref.]; gret belle, large bell; (b) much……

29. haft n.

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(a) The handle of a weapon, tool, surgical instrument, etc.; hilt of a sword, knife, dagger, etc.; helve of an ax; the upper part of the breastbone (manubrium sterni); also, staff of a flag [quot……

30. hāle n.(1)

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(a) A remote corner, nook, cranny, hiding place; (b) fig. the womb. …

31. half n.

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(a) A half part of an object, an area, an aggregate, a quantity, a unit of measurement, etc.; also, one of two (unequal parts), one of two ends or sides; (b) and a(n half, and half, (so much or many)……

32. hal-imọ̄t n.

Additional spellings: halimot
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The court of the lord of a manor, a court baron, a hallmoot; also, a court held by the Devil; -- often with L inflection. …

33. hal(le n.

Additional spellings: halle
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(a) A large private residence, a manorial hall; a royal residence, palace, castle; (b) a large public building for the transaction of business, holding court, worship, etc.; [see also both hal, mot……

34. halm n.

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(a) Stubble, straw; ?stalk; halm bote, the right to gather stubble in a common field; halm stak, a straw stack; (b) handle of a tool or weapon; (c) ?in place name [see Smith PNElem. 1.226]. …

35. halwe n.

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(a) A saint; a martyr; a prophet; a holy man or woman; (b) pl. god and his halwes, halwes in (of) heven, holi halwes; (c) one of the apostles; (d) any pious Christian; communing (imennesse, onen,……

36. hāsel n.

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(a) The European hazel bush or tree (Corylus avellana); flour (chattes) of hasel, catkins of the hazel; rednesse of hasel, ?the red stigmas of the female catkins of the hazel; (b) the wood of a hazel……

37. hasp(e n.

Additional spellings: haspe
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(a) A fastening for a door, gate, chest, etc.; a hasp; up bi the hasp, unfastened, unlatched; barre and hasp, stapel and hasp; (b) a fastening for a garment or a helmet; ?a buckle, ?a lace; (c) a hank……

38. hater(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: hatere
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(a) Clothes, garments, clothing; -- pl. or coll.; (b) a garment [see also barm hater]; (c) torn garment(s, rags; (d) in surnames; hater mongere, a seller of clothing. …

39. hauk n.(1)

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(a) A hawk or falcon; esp., any of the falcons used in hawking; (b) haukes and houndes, hound(es and hauk(es, hawks and hounds; -- as a symbol of wealth and cultivated leisure; (c) beren hauk, to……

40. hei n.

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(a) Grass cut or mowed and cured (usually as feed for livestock), hay; also, growing grass; (b) a crop or cutting of hay; (c) a tithe of hay; tithe of hei; (d) a wisp of hay used for wiping oneself. …

41. heifer n.

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A heifer; heifer hide, a piece of leather from a heifer's hide. …

42. hē̆lde n.(1)

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(a) Ground sloping downward, a hill; helde wei, hill path, sloping path; (b) in surnames & place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.242]. …

43. henthe n.

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Harm, damage, loss, misfortune. …

44. heoware n.

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One who feigns, a pretender. …

45. hēp n.

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(a) A company of people, crowd, multitude, assembly; also, an abbey of monks; (b) a number of people, many people; the most hep, the greater number, the majority; (c) an army; a division of an army; a……

46. hēr n.(1)

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(a) An individual hair of the human head; pl. hairs, the hair; heres of hed, the hair of (one's) head; (b) the hair of the head coll.; her of hed; in their her, ?with flowing hair; (c) to)drauen her,……

47. herberwe n.

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(a) A temporary dwelling place, quarters, lodgings, an inn, a chamber; (b) the camp of an army in the field; a tent or pavilion in a camp; (c) a harbor for ships; (d) a permanent dwelling place, home……

48. hẹ̄rd(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: herde
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(a) A herdsman; a keeper of cattle, hogs, horses, goats, or any kind of livestock; asse herd, aver herd, calf herd, colt herd, cou herd, gelde herd, gos herd, got herd, hog herd, hors herd, lomb herd,……

49. hẹ̄rde-man n.

Additional spellings: herdeman
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(a) A shepherd; also fig.; (b) a tender of goats, cattle, horses, or other livestock; a herdsman; (c) herde-mannes purs, shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris); herdemannes yerd, shepherd's rod……

50. hẹ̄r(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: here
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(a) A stiff and coarse cloth made of hair, haircloth; (b) ?pl. for sg. …

51. hē̆ring n.

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(a) A herring Clupea harengus; (b) red hering, smoked herring; whit hering, herring salted but not smoked; (c) hering barel, a cask for herring; hering breder (carter), one who roasts (hauls) herring……

52. hẹ̄̆rsumnesse n.

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Obedience, service, ecclesiastical or feudal homage; don hersumnesse, to do homage, profess obedience. …

53. hervest n.

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(a) The season of autumn, fall (variously dated, sometimes from mid-September to November or December, sometimes including August); holi rode dai (tide) in hervest, the feast of the Exaltation of the……

54. heu n.

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(a) Color; also, brightness or freshness of color; of on heu, in solid color(s; clothen in heu, to take (a lady's) colors, become her servant; (b) paint, dye, pigment; fig. a rhetorical color; (c) fig……

55. heue n.(1)

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(a) A servant; in pl.: servants, household, family; (b) a person of low degree; a rascal; (c) as surname; (d) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.247]. …

56. hīne n.

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(a) A household, servants collectively; (b) a religious familia, monastic community; -- only in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.247]. …

57. hīpel n.

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A pile of hay, gravel, stone, etc.; an accumulation, a heap. …

58. hīred n.

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(a) A household; the familia of a cathedral; an eccl. court [last quot.]; the heavenly retinue of the Virgin Mary, the Devil's retinue; fig. the senses and desires of man; hiredes alder (lord), the……

59. hōld n.(2)

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(a) Grasp, grip; fig. taken hold, of prophecies: to make an impression (on someone's heart); haven hold, of diseases: afflict someone; (b) that which may be held or grasped or gripped; the hilt or……

60. hol-lēk n.

Additional spellings: hollek
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A kind of onion; prob. the scallion (Allium ascalonicum). …

61. hōm-stal n.

Additional spellings: homstal
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A homestead; also, in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.231]. …

62. hornet n.

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(a) A hornet; (b) a beetle. …

63. hundfōld adj., adv., n.

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(a) As adj.: hundfold mede, a hundredfold reward; (b) as adv.: hundfold more, one hundred times as great; (c) as noun: bi hundfold, by a hundred times, a hundred times as much. …

64. ibēre n.

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(a) A cry, scream; clamor, outcry; (b) manners, behavior; leaslice ibere, unseemly behavior, buffoonery. …

65. idwīld n.

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Heresy, error. …

66. ifiht n.

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Battle, fighting, war. …

67. ifreond(e n. collective

Additional spellings: ifreonde
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Friends. …

68. ihealdenesse n.

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Observance of law. …

69. ihērsumnesse n.

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Obedience. …

70. īlō̆nd n.

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(a) An island; (b) ?in Bible transl.: coastland. …

71. imēthe n.

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Moderation, temperance. …

72. in-heue n.

Additional spellings: inheue
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A domestic servant. …

73. ishat n.

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A sum of money. …

74. ishọ̄ n.

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?A boot or shoe; ?a pair of boots or shoes. …

75. ispēche n.

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A language. …

76. ithaght n.

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Counseling, deliberation. …

77. iwāld n.

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(a) Power, possession, control; (b) the female pudenda. …

78. iwẹ̄de n.

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A garment; also, clothing; also, armor. …

79. iweie n.

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Weight. …

80. ketel n.

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(a) A pot for cooking, a kettle, a caldron; also fig.; (b) as surname; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.91; 2.3]. …

81. knī̆ght n.

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(a) A noble warrior; a member of the land-holding ruling class, owing military service to his lord and fighting on horseback; one who had received the status of knight from the king or other important……

82. lap-wink(e n.

Additional spellings: lapwink, lap-winke, lapwinke
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The hoopoe (Upupa epops); lap-wink eiren, a hoopoe's eggs; lap-wink nest. …

83. latteu n.

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Guide, leader, director. …

84. laughter n.(1)

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(a) Laughter, laughing; the expression of amusement or pleasure; mirth, merriment; joy, pleasure; bresten on laughter, to burst out laughing; bringen o laughter, amuse (sb.), make (sb.) laugh; criing……

85. laughter n.(2)

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A vice; propensity to evil, moral weakness; sin; offense, misdeed; hed laughter [see hed 5b. (a)]. …

86. lax n.

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(a) The salmon (Salmo salar); lax wer, a weir for catching salmon; (b) in surnames; lax man, one who fishes for salmon; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.22]. …

87. lẹ̄che n.(3)

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(a) A physician or surgeon; hors leche, q.v.; (b) bodili (flesh, lichames) leche, a physician or surgeon for the body (as opposed to a spiritual doctor); leches drenche, a medicinal potion; (c) fig.……

88. lẹ̄che-craft n.

Additional spellings: lechecraft
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(a) The art or science of medicine and/or surgery; -- also used in pl.; also, magic [quot.: a1225]; (b) the practice or profession of medicine and/or surgery. …

89. lē̆den n.

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The Latin language; leden speche [cp. OE lǣden-sprǣc]. …

90. lei(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: leie
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(a) An alkaline solution made by leaching ashes, and used for washing, making soap, bleaching hair; lye; lei cuppe, a cup for holding lye; (b) med. & surg. a similar solution used for cleansing……

91. lei(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: leie
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(a) Fire, a fire; also, a light, firelight; light (red) lei, bright (red) fire; swart (thester) lei, dark fire; (b) fire as one of the four elements; (c) a flame; red (hot) lei, red (hot) flame; lei……

92. lei(e n.(3)

Additional spellings: leie
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(a) A piece of open land; a field, meadow, lawn; an opening in a woods, a natural glade or a clearing; haven the eie to the wode lei, wenden eie toward the wode lei, to turn the eye toward the……

93. leigh-tǒun n.

Additional spellings: leightoun
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(a) A garden; esp. a kitchen garden, herb garden; leigh-toun cresse, cress grown in a kitchen garden; (b) leigh-toun ward, a gardener; (c) in surname and place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.18]. …

94. lẹ̄k n.

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(a) A leek (Allium porrum); unsette lek, a leek not yet transplanted; (b) garlic (Allium sativum); also, one of a group of sharp-tasting herbs; lek man, a dealer in potherbs; (c) in phrases: grene……

95. lēp n.(1)

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(a) The act of jumping; a jump, leap; a spring of a fish from the water; at a (o) lep, in one jump; at lepes, ?quickly; lepen (taken, nimen, yeven) lep, to take a leap; maken lepes, leap about, play……

96. lēse n.(1)

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(a) A place of pasturage, pasture land; fig. lusti (bad, lene) lese, favorable (unfavorable) circumstances; (b) grass and herbage used for food by grazing livestock; (c) lese penies (silver), a……

97. lẹ̄snesse n.

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(a) Forgiveness, remission; lesnesse of sinne(s; (b) expiation. …

98. lēswe n.

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(a) A pasture; also fig.; (b) pastures collectively, pasture lands; also fig.; oxe of leswe, a grass-fed ox; (c) a grassy place, greensward; (d) pasturage, grazing for livestock; also fig.; yeven……

99. lēte n.(1)

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(a) A meeting or intersection of roads, a crossroads; (b) in surnames & place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.11-2: some of the names may contain -let(e watercourse, cp. water-lete]. …

100. lẹ̄te n.(3)

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Good fortune. …

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