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1. līen v.(2)

165 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To tell a lie, speak falsely, deceive; lie to (sb.); (b) lien in, to slander (sb.); lien of, make a false claim for (sb., oneself), boast about; also, lie about (sth.); lien o, slander (sb……

2. glīen v.

11 quotations in 3 senses
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Of a person, the eyes: to be squint-eyed, look asquint; ppl. gliande, gleande, squint-eyed; p.ppl. gliet, gleiet, of the eyes: asquint. …

3. wọ̄de-leie n.

Additional spellings: wodeleie
17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) ?A woodland glade or clearing; under wode-leie, in the woods, under cover of woods (b) a secluded grove as a place for furtive or illicit pleasures;—used in proverbs and prov. expressions; (c) in……

4. quide n.

14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A speech, an utterance; a counsel; a prophecy; also, a proverb [quot.: c1250]; forme quide, first utterance, first sentence; (b) a promise; (c) a legacy. …

5. leigh-tǒun n.

Additional spellings: leightoun
30 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A garden; esp. a kitchen garden, herb garden; leigh-toun cresse, cress grown in a kitchen garden; (b) leigh-toun ward, a gardener; (c) in surname and place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.18]. …

6. aginnen v.

45 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To begin (to do sth.), commence, start; -- ?also as emphatic auxilliary v. [Lay.Brut 30831], for which cp. gan, can under ginnen; (b) to start (an action, a task); (c) to make a beginning, start. …

7. lei(e n.(3)

Additional spellings: leie
51 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A piece of open land; a field, meadow, lawn; an opening in a woods, a natural glade or a clearing; haven the eie to the wode lei, wenden eie toward the wode lei, to turn the eye toward the……

8. lei(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: leie
51 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An alkaline solution made by leaching ashes, and used for washing, making soap, bleaching hair; lye; lei cuppe, a cup for holding lye; (b) med. & surg. a similar solution used for cleansing……

9. ac conj.

95 quotations in 4 senses
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Used between contrasting expressions: but, yet, however, nevertheless; -- (a) between clauses; (b) as an introductory expression. …

10. lēsing(e ger.(2)

Additional spellings: lesinge
186 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) The telling of a lie or lies, the practice or sin of lying; (b) withouten (ani) lesing, withouten lesinges, without lying, in truth, truly; -- often as a rime tag. …

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