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21. elchien v.

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To feel pleased or flattered.

22. sortileǧer n.

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A sorcerer, diviner.

23. abandonen, -ǒunen v.

Additional spellings: abandounen
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(a) To give up or surrender (sth.); (b) to discard (sth.), cast off; (c) to dispense (sth.) with abandon, give away without restraint; (d) to give (sb) up for lost, despair of saving.

24. ō-wai adv.

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For all time, forever.

25. bācǒun n.

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(a) Pork cured in brine or by smoking; esp. salt pork or a cut of it; salt bacoun; seind bacoun, smoked pork; bacoun hog, a hog fattened for butchering; (b) bacoun flich or flik, a side of bacon; (c)…

26. berkoc n.

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Birch-cock, the black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix). [Cp. birchhen in H. K. Swann, Dict.of English and Folk-Names of British Birds.]

27. baronesse n.

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A woman with a barony in her own right; the wife of a baron.

28. birch(e n.

Additional spellings: birche
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(a) The European birch (Betula alba); a birch tree; (b) pliant twigs of birch as used for festive decoration; (c) the mastic tree Pistacia lentiscus, birch stalk, birch tre; mastic [the Trev.Barth…

29. acheken v.

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(a) To choke, strangle, or suffocate (sb.); (b) to obstruct (sth.).

30. sǒupet n.

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A small amount of meal boiled to make a soup or porridge.

31. upo prep.

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(a) Physically on top of (sth.), on; also, in contact with and in front of (sth.) [quot. c1230]; also, carried on (someone’s back) (b) upo fot, standing, on foot; (c) of an abstraction: onto (sb.),…

32. attǒuching ger.

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Sexual contact.

33. cǒurteǒur n.

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(a) A person attached to a sovereign's court, a courtier; (b) a member of a court of law or of one of the Inns of Court; (c) in names.

34. warshipe n.

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(a) Vigilance, heedfulness, cautiousness; also, the conservative approach or course [last quot.]; ?also, a warning, cautioning [3rd quot.] (b) the moral virtue of prudence, the faculty of discernment…

35. sī̆kelen v.(2)

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To fall ill, become weak or faint; also fig.

36. chā̆fer n.

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An insect pest that damages plants, probably a beetle of some kind.

37. corǒunẹ̄̆r n.

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An officer of the Crown, elected by the county or borough, charged with the supervision of pleas of the Crown, of the administration of criminal justice, etc.; a coroner; also, an officer of the royal…

38. invariablī adv.

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Unchangeably, invariably.

39. scaffold n.

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(a) A wooden scaffolding used in building construction or repair, shipbuilding, etc.; (b) scaffold fleke, a hurdle or protective fence fitted or used on a scaffold; scaffold logge, a piece of timber…

40. sweðolen v.

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To relent.