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1. abeien v.

19 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To bend (down); abeien face, incline the head; (b) to bow in homage (to sb.).

2. acōlden v.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To make (sth.) cold or cool; to numb (the limbs) with cold; to become cold or numb; (b) of charity: to grow cold or slack; of strife: cool off.

3. ?ādẹ̄ven v.(2)

3 quotations in 1 sense
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To subdue or annihilate (an enemy).

4. afellen v.

22 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To lay (sb.) low, fell, kill; (b) to throw down or destroy (a building); cut down or fell (a tree).

5. afleien v.

10 quotations in 1 sense
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To put (sb.) to flight, discomfit; to drive out (disease, poison, sin, etc.), dispel.

6. alẹ̄send n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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Redeemer.

7. amerren v.

19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To damage or destroy (crops, a wall, etc.); (b) mar, harm, or destroy (virtue, reputation, the mind, etc.); amarred in minde, distraught; (c) discomfit or ruin (a person, a people); also, kill.

8. andȝit n.

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(a) Intellect, intelligence, understanding (as one of the three 'faculties' of man, i.e. memory, intellect, & will); (b) perception, feeling (attributed to the 'soul'); (c) a sense (such as sight…

9. anlē̆t n.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Face; (b) forehead; (c) appearance, looks; image.

10. ansẹ̄ne n.

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What is seen or visible: (a) visible form, figure, appearance; a vision; fallen in ansene, decline or fail in appearance (?in the view of others); (b) the sight or presence (of sb.); on or beforen

11. anwāld n.

16 quotations in 2 senses
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Power; power to rule, authority; the rule (of a lord, etc.); habben on anwalde, have in (one's) power, be able; setten on anwald, put (sb.) in power or authority.

12. awarien v.

29 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To damn (sb.); (b) ppl. awaried, of persons: damned, condemned; also, evil, wicked; as noun: wicked person, one of the damned; (c) ppl. awaried, of things, actions, emotions: evil, wicked…

13. awẹ̄lden v.

30 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To control, rule, govern, command; rule (a country); command (an army); have control of (one's body, desire, etc.), guide (one's) actions; wield (a weapon), manage (a horse); (b) to conquer…

14. awē̆rden v.

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To harm or destroy.

15. ayẹ̄lden v.

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(a) To repay (money); (b) to surrender (a town); ayelden up; (c) refl. to give oneself up, surrender.

16. balgh adj.

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(a) Bulging, stout (chest, haunches); (b) bulging, round (knoll); ?smooth; (c) stout, big (tree, pole, stone).

17. bēd(e n.

Additional spellings: bede
111 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Act of praying, prayer; (b) request, supplication; any one of the petitions in the Lord's Prayer; (c) command, order, commandment; (d) ?speech, eloquence.

18. beien v.

35 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To bend (sth.), bow (the head), bend or flex (the back, knees, legs); refl. to bend, stoop, fall; (b) to turn or incline (one's ear, oneself) attentively; (c) to bend, give way, weaken.

19. beil(e n.

Additional spellings: beile
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(a) A ring or bracelet; (b) the arched handle of a pot or the like; (c) a curved support for a roof or cover.

20. bẹ̄ken, bēken n.

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(a) A signal fire; esp., a fire signaling the approach of an enemy; (b) the tower or platform on which a beacon is lit; (c) a watch fire of an army; (d) a signal fire to guide ships into a port; a…

21. bekenen v.

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(a) To give a mute signal, communicate by signs or gestures, beckon; bekenen with the eie, to wink; (b) to summon (sb.); esp., summon with a signal or gesture; (c) to point, point to (sth.).

22. bekening ger.

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(a) Mute signaling; nodding, beckoning, etc.; (b) a signal of any kind; esp., a sign of command, an order, a summons.

23. bẹ̄ld(e, bēlde n.

Additional spellings: belde, belde
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Courage, strength, power.

24. bẹ̄ld(e, bēld(e adj.

Additional spellings: belde, belde
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(a) Of persons: bold, brave, doughty; (b) of actions or words: bold, daring; (c) encouraging, helpful.

25. bẹ̄lden, bēlden v.

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(a) To encourage (sb.), strengthen, help, support; -- also refl.; (b) to instruct (sb.), edify; (c) to become strong, be strong; flourish; of a child: grow, mature.

26. 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…

27. bẹ̄me n.(1)

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(a) A trumpet, esp. one used in warfare or hunting; withouten ani beme, without noise or ostentation, quietly; (b) an angelic trumpet; esp., one of the trumpets of Judgment Day; bemene drem, bemes

28. bẹ̄men v.(2)

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To blow a trumpet; fig. to resound like a trumpet.

29. bẹ̄mere n.

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A trumpeter.

30. bēr(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: bere
69 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A bear; (b) blak ber, a bear with black fur; whit ber, white bear, polar bear; wild ber, untamed bear; (c) ber baiting, the sport of setting dogs upon a bear chained to a stake; ber binder, bear…

31. bēr(e n.(8)

Additional spellings: bere
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A portable bed, a litter.

32. bē̆r(e n.(9)

Additional spellings: bere
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(a) Outcry, clamor; commotion, disturbance; maken ber, cry out, make a noise or commotion; (b) bearing, gesture, manner; taken ber, conduct (oneself), behave.

33. bēr(e)-man n.

Additional spellings: berman, bere-man, bereman
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(a) One who carries, a bearer, a porter; (b) a servant who carries food to the table, a waiter; (c) personal name.

34. bēren v.(2)

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(a) To cry out, bellow, howl, roar; (b) to sing loudly; of bells or trumpets: resound; (c) to conduct oneself (in a certain manner), behave. [Sense (c) has been largely taken over by bēren v. (1)…

35. bergh n.

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A hill; a mound, barrow; under bergh, beside or behind a hill, under cover of a hill.

36. berk n.(1)

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Barking (of a dog).

37. bẹ̄sting n.

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The first milk after parturition, beestings.

38. bẹ̄tel n.

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A mallet, maul, hammer; also, a bat or club; blind as a betel, completely blind, stone-blind.

39. bicherren v.

Additional spellings: becherren
19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To turn (sb.) away from the proper course; lead astray, mislead; (b) to delude, deceive; outwit, dupe.

40. biclēpen, -ien v.

Additional spellings: beclepen, biclepien, beclepien
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(a) To accuse (sb.); make a charge; (b) to plead (a cause).

41. bidernen v.

Additional spellings: bedernen
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To conceal (sth.).

42. bidwēl(i)en v.

Additional spellings: bedwelen, bidwelien, bedwelien
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(a) To delude, dupe; (b) to bewilder, confound.

43. bifellen v.

Additional spellings: befellen
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To fell (an enemy).

44. bigẹ̄men v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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To have or take charge of (sth.), take care of.

45. bilẹ̄ven v.(2)

Additional spellings: beleven
64 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Theol. To believe (in a doctrine, in God, etc.); -- with in, on, upon, to, into phrase; (b) to profess (a deity).

46. birthen n.

86 quotations in 4 senses
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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…

47. bī̆sten v.

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To buffet (sb.), pummel, flog, beat; also without obj., of waves: to dash, rage.

48. biyēten v.

Additional spellings: beyeten
87 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To acquire (property, goods, etc.), get possession of, get; biyeten togedre, accumulate; lele, right bigeten, gotten rightfully, wrong biyeten, ill-gotten; (b) to get control over (a country, a…

49. 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

50. bladdre n.

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Anat. (a) The urinary bladder; (b) a containing organ or bag; esp., the gall bladder; (c) the crop of a bird.

51. bōld adj.

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(a) Of persons: brave, courageous, daring, fearless; bold of herte; bold in blod; bold brained; maken bold, encourage (sb.); (b) of animals: fearless, ?ferocious; (c) of actions: courageous, bold…

52. bōlden v.

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(a) To become encouraged, take heart, cheer up; -- refl. or intr.; (b) to embolden or encourage (sb.); comfort (sb.), cheer up; bolden herte.

53. brẹ̄th n.(3)

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

54. breu n.

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An eyebrow; eie breu; above-bregh, over-brei [cp. L super-cilium].

55. bright adj.

147 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of the sun, moon, stars, fire: giving off much light, shining brightly, bright; of light: intense, brilliant; also fig. [quot. 1421]; (b) of God, angels, saints, heaven: characterized by intense…

56. brighte adv.

48 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) With a bright light, brightly; also fig.; (b) brilliantly, lustrously; also fig.; (c) (polished) to a state of brilliance, brightly; also fig.

57. brightnesse n.

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(a) Brightness, brilliance, radiance; (b) light; a flash of light; flash or glance (of an eye); (c) luster; transparency.

58. buter-flīe n.

Additional spellings: buterflie
28 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A butterfly; also, a moth; (b) a painted or embroidered representation of a butterfly; (c) something insignificant, a trifle; kepen (taken) buterflies, catch butterflies, waste time; not worth a

59. caft n.

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Unchaste behavior.

60. calf n.(1)

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(a) The young of cattle, a calf; (b) veal; (c) the young of deer [cp. hert-calf, hinde-calf]; (d) with calf, in calf, bearing a calf, with calf.

61. calven v.

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(a) Of a cow: to give birth to (a calf), have a calf; ben calved, of a calf: be born; of a cow: have a calf; (b) of a hind: to bear a fawn; ben calved, of a fawn: be born.

62. cart n.

180 quotations in 8 senses
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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…

63. chẹ̄lde n.

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Cold or freezing weather, cold.

64. chēle n.

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(a) Coldness of air, weather, or climate; in hete and chele, in hot and cold weather, all the time; (b) a cold spell or blast, frost.

65. chẹ̄pinge ger.

43 quotations in 4 senses
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Trade in goods, buying and selling, marketing; bargaining, asking or offering of a price.

66. chẹ̄se n.

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(a) Curds or cheese as food; water of chese, whey; (b) fresh, grene, neue chese, fresh cheese; olde chese, aged cheese; hard chese, mene chese, softe chese; etc.; (c) got chese, goat cheese; chese of

67. chēsel n.

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(a) A pebble; chesel ston; (b) a mass of pebbles; gravel, coarse sand; sand chesel.

68. chiken n.

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A young chicken; chick, pullet; prob. also any chicken.

69. clēpen v.

196 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To speak; call, shout; clepen out; clepen of, talk about (sth.); of birds: to sing; (b) to speak (to sb.); -- with to, upon phr.; (c) to say (sth.); utter (words, blasphemy, etc.); call (a name)…

70. cōld adj.

207 quotations in 8 senses
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Low in temperature: (a) cold, chilly (weather, season, climate); (b) cold or cool (dwelling); chilly (grave); (c) cold to the touch; cold as is, cold as a ston; (d) of food and drink: cold, cooled…

71. cōlden v.

45 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To grow or make cold; cool off; (b) of the human body or parts of it: to feel cold; lose warmth (as in death).

72. cǒu-hē̆rde n.

Additional spellings: couherde
22 quotations in 1 sense
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One who tends cows, a cowherd.

73. craft n.(1)

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Strength, force, power; also, moral strength, a virtue.

74. crammen v.

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(a) To fill (sth.) to capacity, cram, stuff; (b) to thrust (sth. into a container).

75. crāne n.(1)

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(a) The European crane (Grus grus); herd of cranes, a flock of cranes; (b) a carved likeness of a crane; (c) crane beked, long-nosed; crane ei, a crane's egg; (d) a surname; (e) an element in place…

76. crāven v.

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(a) To ask for (sth.), ask (sb.) for (sth.), beg, pray, request; be asking; (b) craven after (for, upon), to ask for (sth.); craven at (of, on, unto), ask (sb.), beg, importune; (c) to beg, be a…

77. dǣdbẹ̄ten v.

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To make amends, do penance.

78. dēd-bana n.

Additional spellings: dedbana
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Law One who kills with his own hand (as opposed to one who procures or contrives a killing).

79. dēd-bọ̄te n.

Additional spellings: dedbote
16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Amends for a wrong or injury; penance, repentance; (b) comen to ded-bote, to repent, make amends; don ded-bote, do penance.

80. dẹ̄de, dēde n.

293 quotations in 13 senses
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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…

81. dēden v.

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(a) To kill (sth.); also fig.; (b) to die; (c) to deaden (sth.), stupefy; (d) to become dull or insensible.

82. dẹ̄pen v.

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(a) To dip (sth.), immerse; also, dye (sth), stain; idept in grain, dyed in grain, dyed with fast color; (b) to baptize; (c) fig. to immerse (oneself in a story, in a way of life); ben deped, be…

83. dẹ̄re adj.(1)

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(a) Of God, of persons: excellent, noble, honored, valiant; dere of degre, high in rank; often in direct address; dere God, dere ladi, dere lord, dere sire; (b) as noun: noble one(s, valiant man, etc…

84. 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…

85. dē̆rne adj.

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(a) Secluded, solitary (place); secret (passage, etc.); (b) in names: derne-clive, derne hus, derne love, derne place [see also Smith PNElem. 1.131].

86. dē̆rne adv.

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(a) Secretly; in privacy, confidentially; (b) stealthily, slyly; (c) of loving: clandestinely; inwardly, deeply; (d) hidden.

87. dē̆rnen v.

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To keep (sth.) secret, conceal.

88. dervinge ger.

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Distress, suffering.

89. dẹ̄ven v.(2)

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(a) To sink (sth.), plunge (sb. down to hell); (b) to dive, plunge downward, sink; (c) deven in, to sink into (sth.) by depressing the surface; of a blow: to cut into (the body).

90. dīȝel adj., n., & adv.

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(a) Hidden, secret; of words: cryptic; (b) as noun: on diȝel, in secret; (c) as adv.: secretly.

91. dīȝelīche adj. & n.

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(a) Secret, mysterious; (b) as noun: a hidden meaning, a secret.

92. dīȝellīche adv.

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Secretly, mysteriously; in privacy, privately.

93. dīȝelnesse n.

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(a) A secret; (b) in diȝelnesse, in secrecy.

94. dǒuen v.(1)

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Of actions or things: to have worth or validity; be useful, profitable, helpful, or effective; avail; douen the better, turn out all the better; douen litel (neked), have little (no) effect, avail…

95. 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.

96. drēden v.

222 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) To be afraid, become frightened; dreden for, dreden of, fear (sb. or sth.); as ich drede, as I fear; (b) refl.; dreden for, dreden of; dreden of lif, fear for (one's) life; dreden of grace, fear…

97. drẹ̄men v.(1)

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(a) Of a musical instrument: to resound; also fig.; (b) to sing; (c) to shout, clamor, talk loudly, be hilarious; (d) to rejoice; dremen of, rejoice in (sth.).

98. drẹ̄pen v.(2)

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(a) To drip; of a liquid: to fall in drops, drip; (b) drepen with, to moisten or smear (sb.) with (sth.); (c) to droop, sink down; be faint-hearted, languish; dreping mone, ?a waning moon; (d) to lie…

99. drīen v.(2)

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To perform or do (sth.); commit (sins); do (penance); drien wille, do (someone's) will; drien lif, lead (a certain kind of) life; drien wirdes, try (one's) luck.

100. drīpen, drippen v.

Additional spellings: drippen
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(a) To fall in drops, drip; dripen of, drip from (sth.); ppl. driping, dripping, misty; (b) dripen on, to drop or dab (a liquid or salve) on (sth.); (c) dripen mid, to moisten or daub (sth.) with…