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1. doughtī adj. & n.

81 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Bold, brave, valiant, strong in battle or combat; (b) doughti in armes, doughti in (of) dede(s, doughti of hond, doughti of his hondes, doughti under sheld; (c) of an action, blow, fight, etc……

2. thraske adj.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Vigorous, doughty. …

3. bẹ̄ld(e, bēld(e adj.

Additional spellings: belde, belde
11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of persons: bold, brave, doughty; (b) of actions or words: bold, daring; (c) encouraging, helpful. …

4. derf adj.

41 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Bold, daring, courageous; valiant, doughty, noble (knight, king); (b) audacious, forward; impudent, wicked. …

5. bent n.(1)

54 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A type of grass; prob., any of several coarse wild grasses growing in open fields; (b) an element in personal and place names; (c) bent feld, a field covered with the type of grass called bent(e……

6. fel adj.

105 quotations in 7 senses
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Treacherous, deceitful, false; guileful, crafty; villainous, base; wicked, evil; fals and fel; -- (a) of persons; (b) of inclination, acts, etc. …

7. vertū̆ǒus adj.

112 quotations in 7 senses
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Of weaponry: powerful; of power: mighty, potent. …

8. duhhtiȝleȝȝc n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Virtuous conduct, virtue. …

9. doughtīhēde n.

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Virtuous character or conduct, virtue. …

10. siker adj.

276 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Free from danger, not at risk, in safety, safe; siker and sauf; siker o, safe from (sb.); siker of, safe from (sb. or sth.); also, safe on account of (the king's seal); maken siker, to make (sth.)……

11. twīen v.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) ?To go, take (to the field); (b) ?to waver, hesitate, turn back. …

12. unthwīvond ppl.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Unwavering, dauntless. …

13. dought adj. & n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Brave, valiant; (b) prowess. …

14. ensoine n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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without ensoine, without delay or hesitation. …

15. undoughtī adj.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of a person: unworthy, ignoble, vile; of a thing: worthless; (b) weak, defenceless. …

16. thoughtī adj.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Pensive; (b) anxious; (c) double thoughti, duplicitous; (d) ?error for doughti adj. …

17. wōfullī adv.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) In a pitiable manner or state; dolefully, sorrowfully; (b) unfortunately, unhappily; also, grievously, wretchedly. …

18. dogged adj. & adv.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Dog-like or currish in some respect:vicious, mean, surly, malicious, fierce; (b) adv. doggedly, viciously. …

19. dinten v.

6 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To beat (sb.) with blows, strike with a weapon or missile; (b) to deal blows in combat. …

20. tachen v.(2)

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) In phrase: tachen at (in-to, on, upon), to attack (sb. or sth.), rush upon; (b) to overcome (sb.), kill. …

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