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1. bēm n.

133 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) A tree [cp. fike bem, note bem, etc.]; (b) the Cross; bote of bem, relief from suffering or misfortune; (c) bem of cloud, a pillar of cloud; (d) a specific kind of tree, probably one or more……

2. sǒnne-bēm n.

Additional spellings: sonnebem
44 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The collection of rays or the stream of light proceeding from the sun to the earth; sonne-bem bright, as bright as the sun's rays; grotes (motes) in the sonne-bem, specks of dust in sunlight [see……

3. bẹ̄tas n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A sail yard. …

4. mọ̄r n.(2)

11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A mulberry tree; mor bem, mor tre; (b) a mulberry; also, a medicine made from mulberries; (c) med. a mulberry-like excrescence hanging from the eyelid; ?papilloma. …

5. teler n.(1)

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The stock of a crossbow; (b) the stock of a hand-held firearm; (c) a lever to steer a boat, tiller. …

6. web-bēm n.

Additional spellings: webbem
3 quotations in 1 sense
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A beam of a weaver’s loom. …

7. balk(e n.

Additional spellings: balke
39 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A ridge or mound; the mound of a grave; an archery butt; (b) fig. an obstruction or obstacle. …

8. wīver n.(2)

3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A support beam, girder; wiver tre; (b) a rod or rack on which to hang a towel. …

9. bulk n.

14 quotations in 3 senses
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The cargo of a ship, a shipload (of a commodity). …

10. kippe-līne n.

Additional spellings: kippeline
4 quotations in 1 sense
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A rope or cord forming part of the harness of a cart horse; ?a kind of trace. …

11. quiken n.(1)

4 quotations in 1 sense
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In cpd. quiken tre: the juniper (Juniperus communis); also, in place names: a kind of tree, prob. the mountain ash or rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) or perh. the service tree (Sorbus domestica), poplar……

12. thixel n.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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An adz; a kind of ax; thixel gouge, an adz with a concave blade; staf (?ston) thixel, ?a long handled ax (?an ax for working stone). …

13. cherī n.

63 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A cherry; cheri fruit; red as cheri; (b) a cherry tree; (c) ?a cherry blossom. …

14. vīne n.(1)

74 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Any plant of the genus Vitis, esp. V. vinifera, a vine; also fig.;—also coll. [a few pl. exx. could also be construed as (b)]; ?also, a twig or branch of a vine [quot. ?1440]; also, a pictorial……

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