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1. burgh n.(2)

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Refuge of an animal; lair, den, burrow. …

2. burgh n.(1)

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(a) A town, a city; also, a small village; (b) in various fig. senses: burgh of bale, hell; burgh of heven, the celestial city; middelerdes burgh, worldes burgh, the world; (c) hegh burgh, great city……

3. Rọ̄me n.

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(a) Ancient Rome: the city; the Roman state; the Roman Empire; to Rome ward, in the direction of Rome, toward Rome; also, to Rome [quot. a1393]; (b) in cpds. & combs.: Rome burgh (toun) [OE Rōm-burh]……

4. folk n. (collective or plural)

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(a) People, persons; (b) lewed folk, the common people, laymen, non-clerics; poure folk, poor people; yong folk, young people; (c) people in general, human race, manking; folken frover, comforter of……

5. Sarasinish n.

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= Sarasin(e n.(1)(a). …

6. sẹ̄ten n. plural

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In phrase: dorchestre seten, the people of Dorchester. …

7. ād n.

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A funeral pyre. …

8. thōle-burdnesse n.

Additional spellings: tholeburdnesse
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Patience; submissiveness. …

9. unirīm n.

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A countless number (of people, etc.), a multitude. …

10. wal n.(1)

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(a) An upright enclosing structure, usu. constructed of stone, brick, etc., serving to bound or demarcate the limits of a town, castle with its outbuildings, monastery, etc.; also, a high, relatively……

11. clerǧesse n.

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(a) A learned woman, female scholar; (b) a member of a female religious order. …

12. cot-sēt(e n.

Additional spellings: cotset, cot-sete, cotsete
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A cotter; cot-set lond, a cottage holding or the land belonging to it. …

13. unithwǣrnes n.

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(a) Animosity, hostility; (b) adversity, peril [1st quot.]; also, discord, strife. …

14. theut n.

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A state of enforced servitude; bondage, slavery; also fig. [1st quot.]; also, dominion, rule [quot. c1175, 1st]. …

15. bōr-hunte n.

Additional spellings: borhunte
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Boar hunter, boar hunt; -- only in names. …

16. driht n.

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(a) A host; esp. a body of retainers or warriors; o (on) driht, as a host, in a body; (b) driht fare (fere), a procession of attendants; driht folk [OE dryht-folc], army, host; driht man [?OE], a……

17. rāth n.

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(a) Advice, counsel; what shal me to rath, what plan shall I adopt?; outmost rath, last counsel; (b) a counselor, friend; (c) rathes-men, advisers. …

18. rī̆chedọ̄̆m(e n.

Additional spellings: richedome
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(a) Wealth, treasure; splendor, magnificence; abundance; pl. precious things; (b) sovereignty. …

19. inyōng n.

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(a) Entrance, ingress; (b) permission to enter, admission; (c) an entryway. …

20. Hēlend n.

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The Savior, Jesus Christ; also, God the Father. …

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