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1. dē̆stroier(e n.

Additional spellings: destroiere
16 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) A plunderer, destroyer; also, one who nullifies (a grant); (b) one who kills; (c) one who impairs or destroys (spiritual values); (d) one who dispels or overcomes (danger or distress). …

2. shǒnen v.

122 quotations in 4 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To refuse to practice (an activity, a vice), refrain from (sth.), eschew; also, spare (sb.) [last quot.]; also, be eschewed [quot.: ?a1450]; shonen from, refrain from (sth.); (b) to refuse (to do……

3. tilīe n.

12 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) One who cultivates the land, a husbandman; also fig.; lond tilie; erthe tilie [OE eorþ-tilia], one who cultivates the land, one who engages in husbandry [see also erthe n.(1) 13.(ll)]; (b) as……

4. wit n.

322 quotations in 7 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) The mind as the seat of thought, consciousness, etc.; thought; also, the mind of God (b) mental disposition, spirit; (c) the mental capacity or inclination to do something; an inclination; wit……

5. hēre n.(1)

86 quotations in 3 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) A band or host of armed men, an army (either invading or defending); (b) a host of angels or devils; hevenes here, helles here; fig. devles here, evil thoughts or desires; (c) a crowd of people……

6. chōken v.

19 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To make (sb.) suffocate; suffocate; drown (sb.); (b) to strangle (sb.); (c) to gasp for breath, suffer suffocation. …

7. derf n.

12 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Tribulation, affliction, trouble, hardship; torture; drehen derf of deað, to suffer martyrdom, die a martyr's death. …

8. wrēth(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: wrethe
24 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) A rounded or coiled shape; (b) ?some kind of woven object of circular shape; also, a twisted bundle of wood [1st quot.]; (c) a fold of flesh, a wrinkle; a coil (of muscle). …

9. yō̆gh n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
The name for the letter ȝ. …

10. plei(e n.

Additional spellings: pleie
333 quotations in 11 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Merriment, disport; joy, pleasure; also, a pleasure [senses (a) and (b) are sometimes difficult to distinguish from senses (d) and (e)]; (b) blisful pleies, heavenly joys; eche plei, eternal joy……

11. bēr(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: bere
69 quotations in 4 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) A bear; (b) blak ber, a bear with black fur; whit ber, white bear, polar bear; wild ber, untamed bear; (c) ber baiting, the sport of setting dogs upon a bear chained to a stake; ber binder, bear……

12. hē̆r(e pron. (possessive plural)

Additional spellings: here
202 quotations in 8 senses
Sense / Definition
With reference to persons: (a) denoting possession in the broadest sense: their; (b) her ouen, their own; her two, their two, both of their; (c) with sg. antecedent. …

13. shitten v.

193 quotations in 5 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To close (a door, window, gate, etc.); also, close the gates of (heaven) [quot.: PPl.B]; shitten faste; (b) ppl. shitte, closed, shut, not open; (c) shitten ayenes, to shut (a gate) against (sb……

14. heue n.(1)

20 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) A servant; in pl.: servants, household, family; (b) a person of low degree; a rascal; (c) as surname; (d) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.247]. …

15. hō̆nd(e n.

Additional spellings: honde
786 quotations in 12 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) The human hand; lene of the hond, the palm; shot of hond, darts, javelins; staf of hond, a handstaff; vale of the hond, the central triangle in the palm; bar hondes, unarmed hands; folden hondes……

16. wẹ̄ld n.

87 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Dominion; sphere, domain; also, control, authority; haven in (to) weld (b) power; grasp; also, command; also, a state of domination; at wille and (at) weld; (c) might, wealth, influence; force,……

17. ivel adj.

300 quotations in 7 senses
Sense / Definition
Wicked, depraved, sinful: (a) of persons, the soul; ivel man, etc.; (b) of a spirit; ivel gost, an evil spirit, a devil; the Devil; (c) of an action; ivel dede, ivel werk; (d) of speech; ivel speche,……

18. lēthen v.

26 quotations in 3 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To free (sb.), let loose, set free; also, spare (sb.), save; (b) to loosen (bonds, a knot); also fig.; (c) to lessen the pressure on (one's heel). …

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