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1. basse n.

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A kiss. …

2. bavein n.

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A bundle of brushwood. …

3. brust-wort n.

Additional spellings: brustwort
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A plant; ?the common herniary (Herniaria glabra). …

4. dēfaitor n.

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?Frustration; ?fault. …

5. fiche n.

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The fur of the polecat. …

6. heder-moder n.

Additional spellings: hedermoder
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Secrecy; in heder-moder, clandestinely. …

7. hossing n.

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Buzzing. …

8. nisebē̆k n.

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Cook. A dish made with sorrel and flour. …

9. onesprūte n.

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A blast, an outpouring (of the breath of God's anger). …

10. padelinge n.

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As term of association: a flock of hens (etc.) …

11. paggel n.

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The English cowslip Primula veris. …

12. perplextī̆f n.

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An uncertain or perilous condition or situation. …

13. pẹ̄wẹ̄-ars n.

Additional spellings: pewears
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A derogatory epithet …

14. pod-wāre n.

Additional spellings: podware
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Agr. Seed of legumes; ?other kinds of seed grains. …

15. prīde n.(3)

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?The spleen of a deer. …

16. quar n.

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A stone quarry; also as place name [see Smith PNElem.2.77]. …

17. querī n.(1)

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A kind of square candle. …

18. refet(te n.

Additional spellings: refette
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?Edible entrails of a fish; ?a fish liver; ?also, fish roe [esp. last quot.]. …

19. repọ̄n(e n.

Additional spellings: repone
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A rebound, bounce. …

20. rǒundeler n.

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One who makes the rounds of a military watch, a patrol. …

21. ruf n.(1)

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Elation. …

22. seter n.

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In cpds.: seter gras, the Christmas rose, black hellebore (Helleborus niger); also, ?another plant of the genus Helleborus, prob. bear's foot, stinking hellebore (H. foetidus); seter wort, a plant of……

23. sheldrāke n.

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(a) A multicolored duck, the common sheldrake (Tadorna tadorna); (b) as surname. …

24. shot-fāre n.

Additional spellings: shotfare
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?Coll. Mackerel fishing expeditions. …

25. shǒut(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: shoute
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(a) A shout, call, cry; shouting, outcry, clamor, uproar; (b) maken shout, to utter a shout, shout; setten (up) shout, raise a clamor, shout; (c) a cry of distress or lamentation; maken shout; (d) a……

26. soteeche n. plural

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?Farm implements of some kind; ?canvas bags. …

27. spelers n. plural

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Hunt. Dentelations on the hind edge of the palm or the broad upper part of a buck's horn. …

28. sperevuiste n.

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?A canopy for a bed. …

29. sulse n.

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A tide, prob. an ebb-tide. …

30. suppliance n.

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?Succor, assistance; ? = error for pl. of suppliaunt n. (a): those who appeal to God. …

31. teneblus n.

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?The darkness of evening, dusk; ?the ecclesiastical service of Tenebrae [see tenebres n.]. …

32. tidif n.

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One of the birds commonly associated with fickleness and infidelity, the cuckoo, hoopoe, etc.; also, a representation of this bird. …

33. trinelin n.

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An item in an inventory of the contents of a cellar: ?some kind of tub or container. …

34. tuke n.

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Some kind of cloth. …

35. tusard n.

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?A wooden peg or post. …

36. unmerficence n.

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Discord, disharmony. …

37. vessẹ̄ n.

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?A kind of worsted fabric. …

38. vī̆senāǧe n.

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As term of abuse: an unchaste woman. …

39. vumbarde n.

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Armor or a piece of armor. …

40. wal-fair n.

Additional spellings: walfair
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The plant wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri). …

41. wēfter n.

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?A wooden foil or sword used for training and practice in fencing. …

42. whibeler n.

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A person given to petty argument, a quibbler. …

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