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cealfa hus
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3. ireordung-hūs n.
Additional spellings:
ireordunghus
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A dining hall, refectory.
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5. bel(le-hǒus n.
Additional spellings:
belhous, belle-hous, bellehous
12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A bell tower; the steeple or belfry of a church; (b) in personal names.
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6. unhus-bō̆nding(e ger.
Additional spellings:
unhusbonding, unhus-bondinge, unhusbondinge
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Inattentiveness to agriculture, neglect of the craft of farming.
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8. bāk(e-hǒus n.
Additional spellings:
bakhous, bake-hous, bakehous
24 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A building or a room equipped for baking bread, a bakery (as in a lord's household, a village); comon bak-hous; also, a bakery with its staff of officers and servants; office of the bak-hous,……
9. hus-wī̆frī(e n.
Additional spellings:
huswifri, hus-wifrie, huswifrie
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(a) The duties of a housewife, art of keeping house, household affairs; (b) a particular occupation or activity of a housewife.
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10. hǒus-bō̆nd(e n.
Additional spellings:
housbond, hous-bonde, housbonde
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11. sǒmer-hǒus n.
Additional spellings:
somerhous
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(a) A summer residence; a building set in a cool or shady place; also, ?a storehouse, barn [last quot.]; (b) in surname and place name [see Smith PNElem.2.168].
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14. crucet-hūs n.
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crucethus
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[A kind of torture chamber.]
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