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201. fēd(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: fede
11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Mortal enmity, hostility, hostile conspiracy; revengeful spirit, homicide committed in revenge; (b) a mortal enemy; one of the three enemies of mankind (i.e. the flesh, the world, the Devil).

202. gerlō̆nd n.

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(a) A wreath or string of leaves or flowers worn as an ornament; also fig.; (b) a wreath bestowed on a victor; (c) Christ's crown of thorns; (d) a painted or embroidered representation of a garland; a…

203. rēre-ward(e n.

Additional spellings: rereward, rere-warde, rerewarde
22 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The rear of an army, rear guard; also, the rear of a horse; (b) fig.; (c) a weapon of some kind, perhaps a cudgel or club; (d) error for red water, i.e., the Red Sea.

204. cǒuntrollǒur n.

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(a) The official in charge of accounts in the king's household; (b) an accountant in the customs; (c) any officer of the king having charge of receipts and/or disbursements; (d) a lord's accountant; a…

205. drǒught(e n.

Additional spellings: droughte
35 quotations in 4 senses
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Dry weather or season; a dry spell; drought.

206. ?scrīve n.

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A rushing noise, roar.

207. warisǒun n.

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(a) A reward or payment bestowed by a superior in exchange for some service; also used iron. [quot. a1470]; also, specif. a reward in the form of property (b) heavenly reward; hevenli warisoun,…

208. steu(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: steue
50 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A heated room for a hot-air or steam bath; -- also pl.; a bathhouse; also, a hypocaust [quot. a1387]; steu hous; (b) a hot-air or steam bath; also, a herbal decoction used in a steam bath or for…

209. sufficience n.

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(a) That which suffices, all that is necessary, enough; an adequate supply of something, sufficient resources; soverain sufficience, abundance; to (unto) sufficience, sufficiently; (b) contentment…

210. steuen v.(2)

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(a) To bathe (sb., a part of the body) in a hot-air or steam bath; also, bathe (sb., a part of the body) in a hot bath; refl. inhale the vapor of a boiling decoction; (b) to bathe in a hot-air or…

211. stuble n.

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(a) A stalk of grain; the yet stondinge in the stuble, unharvested grain, grain still standing; (b) coll. the ends of grain stalks left in the ground after reaping, stubble; harvested stubble or flax…

212. vī̆aund(e n.

Additional spellings: viaunde
33 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Prepared food; a dish, esp. an elaborate dish; also fig. (b) cook. in names of specific dishes, freq. consisting of ground poultry or fish or fruit boiled in almond milk or wine, thickened, and…

213. inker pron. (possessive dual)

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(a) Of two people: your; (b) in partitive constructions: inker bother, of both of you; inker either, each of you two; inker nother, neither of you two; inker notheres, of neither of you two; whether

214. sugre n.

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(a) The sweet crystalline substance sugar; -- freq. in combs. & phrases identifying place of origin: sugre babiloine (cipres, marrok, marrokes), sugre de cipres (marrok), sugre of alisaundre (cipres)

215. suspeciǒun n.

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(a) The act of suspecting; unverified conjecture of the existence of fault, guilt, wrongdoing, etc.; mistrust, distrust; also, unwarranted or malicious suspicion; ful of suspecioun; suspecioun of

216. ofthinken v.

56 quotations in 2 senses
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To be displeasing to (sb.); anger (sb.), give offence to; grieve (sb.): (a) with noun subject; (b) with hit or that as subject; -- also with bi (for)- phr.; (c) with relative the as subject; (d) with…

217. trēden v.

131 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) To go by foot, walk; also in fig. context; also, climb [quot. c1390]; (b) to walk on (ground, a path, etc.); also fig.; also, pass through (a place); treden doun, follow (a path); (c) treden hole

218. thī̆lk(e adj.

Additional spellings: thilke
103 quotations in 4 senses
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Referring to a specific member of a class and used anaphorically: (a) pointing to a person, thing, place, etc. previously mentioned, or occas. understood from the context: this, that, the…

219. -lī suf.(1)

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A derivational suffix in adjectives derived from OE or ON: armlich, ateoriendlic, atterlich, bigli, craftli, dedli, dirstlece, evenli, fokenlich, forwordenlic, greithli, gromlich, idafenlich,

220. lō̆ven v.(2)

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(a) To praise (sb. or sth.) [usually for a specific act or favor]; -- also without obj.: loven of (for), praise (sb.) for (sth.); ben loved of, be praised by (sb.); (b) ben to loven, to be praised, be…