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Þ þ (thorn)
Ð ð (eth)
Ʒ ʒ (yogh)
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1.
thẹ̄ve
n.(2)
3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) ?Brush, a thicket; ?a bush;
theve bush
; (b) ?in place name [see Smith
PNElem.
2.202; quot. may belong to
thef
n.(2) or perh.
theve
n.(1)].
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2.
tuft
n.
17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A bunch or gathering of hairs, feathers, twigs, etc. attached at the base, a clump;
tuft of roddes (twigges)
, a stand of young shoots, an osier bed; (b) an ornamental tassel or knob; a crest on a…
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