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1. mōte n.(1)

37 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A natural or man-made mound; hill; ?also, an island [last quot.]; castel mote, mound or hill on which a castle is built; (b) a castle, dwelling; in mote, among men; (c) a city. …

2. mōte n.(2)

7 quotations in 1 sense
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Astron. mene mote (motus) [see mene adj. (2) 6.]; verrei mote (motus), a point or angle showing the position of the center of an epicycle, and derived by correcting the mean motus by the equation of……

3. terre-mote n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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An earthquake. …

4. motī n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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An earth (perh. similar to ochre) used as a pigment; ?a pigment which, when applied, has a speckled or spotted appearance. …

5. mōt n.(2)

16 quotations in 1 sense
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A blast on a horn; a single note on a hunting horn, various numbers of such blasts indicating the start of the hunt, the sighting of the quarry, etc. …

6. mōt n.(1)

45 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A speck, particle, bit of dirt or foreign matter; an impurity in drink; pl. dust; melten to mot, to be reduced to dust; motes in the sonne (bem, mot in the sonne, motes in somertide, dust visible……

7. mọ̄d n.

276 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Mind as opposed to body; also, translating L animus, mens: mind as that constituent of the soul possessing the faculties of knowing, understanding, etc.; mid mod, in the mind or heart……

8. mọ̄t n.(3)

64 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A meeting; an assembly, especially for legal purposes or for settling accounts, a judicial council; also fig.; the aueful (muchel) mot, the Last Judgment; (b) folkes mot [see folk 2. (e)]; mot……

9. mọ̄ten v.(3)

59 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To speak, talk; say (sth.); complain, argue; (b) moten an-uppen, ?to find fault with (sb.), complain about, abuse verbally; moten ayen(es, complain about (sth.), deny or dispute (sth.); struggle……

10. mōthe-wōk(e adj.

Additional spellings: mothewok, mothe-woke, mothewoke
2 quotations in 1 sense
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Moderately soft. …

11. mē̆ten v.(1)

95 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To measure (sb. or sth., a distance, a quantity); ppl. fiftene times meting, being measured 15 times, i.e., if its length is multiplied by 15; (b) to take measurements, take a measurement……

12. mọ̄t-halle n.

Additional spellings: mothalle
25 quotations in 1 sense
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A hall used as administrative headquarters or for the administration of justice; town or city hall; court of law, courtroom; council chamber; maken the mot-halle, to hold court. …

13. mọ̄ten v.(2)

689 quotations in 21 senses
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To be allowed, be permitted, may: (a) present forms with pr. or fut. meaning; (b) in negative clauses; (c) past forms with past meaning [cp. sense 6.]; (d) in neg. clauses. …

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