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1. selcǒuth adj.

98 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Marvelous, miraculous, preternatural; thinketh selcouth, it seems miraculous (to sb. that sth. happens); hit) is selcouth, it is marvelous (how sth. happens); (b) remarkable, admirable, wonderful…

2. cūð-lēchen v.

Additional spellings: cuðlechen
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(a) To become (someone's) friend, become friends (with); -- refl.; (b) to welcome (sb.) as a friend, receive with kindness.

3. cǒuth adj. (& n.)

65 quotations in 4 senses
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Of things or events: (a) known; well-known, familiar; couth inough, familiar, common [rendering Latin satis nota and similar phrases]; fallen couth, become known; maken couth, make known; (b) evident…

4. kīth(e adj.

Additional spellings: kithe
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Known, made known.

5. cuð-red(d)en n.

Additional spellings: cuðredden, cuð-reden, cuðreden
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Intimate acquaintance, intimacy.

6. sẹ̄lde adv.

47 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Infrequently, seldom, rarely, hardly ever; selde isen, seldom seen, rarely encountered [cp. seld-sen adj.]; comp. selder, less often, less frequently; (b) in proverbs; (c) selde or never, seldom…

7. cǒnnen v.

396 quotations in 8 senses
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To have ability, capability, or skill: be able (to do sth.), be capable (of doing sth.), know how (to do sth.); -- (a) with complementary inf.; (b) with a clause or phrase expressing the complementary…

8. prīd(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: pride
250 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Unreasonable self-esteem, pride; desire to exceed one's proper station; also, the sin of pride (shading into 1c.); prid of herte; (b) love of praise, vanity; (c) prideful bearing or behavior…