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1. ?flōden v.

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To run, flee.

2. flẹ̄den v.

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(a) To flow; fig. to leave, depart; (b) of the sea: to flow, to be at high tide.

3. wōthelī adv.

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So as to be in danger of death, dangerously; wounden wotheli.

4. fū̆l-mard n.

Additional spellings: fulmard
9 quotations in 1 sense
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The European polecat.

5. fēlen v.(2)

12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To hide (something), conceal; to cover (something), bury, submerge; (b) to keep (something) secret, withhold knowledge.

6. n.

29 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The female of the fallow deer (Dama dama); (b) the fallow deer, male or female, old or young; (c) dauncen as a do, to leap or run like a deer; wenden like as a do, go like a deer; swifter than a

7. sǒur(e adv.

Additional spellings: soure
21 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) With a foul smell; also in fig. context [exx. with smellen v. could be construed as sour adj. 1.(c), but see comment at sote adv. (a)]; (b) severely, harshly, bitterly; abien (bien, coupen, yelden

8. fẹ̄ n.(1)

38 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Livestock; a herd of livestock; (b) fe-hous, a shed for livestock; (c) fe-man a herdsman; (d) fe-rod, ?the product of a rood of land as a perquisite for herding livestock.

9. frẹ̄lī adj.

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(a) Freeborn, noble; noble in character, excellent; noble in appearance, beautiful; fair and freli, fair and lovely; freli fode, a noble or handsome young person; (b) as noun: a beautiful woman…

10. mǒuntain(e n.

Additional spellings: mountaine
52 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A mountain; pl. mountains, mountainous region, mountain range; also fig.; cat of the mountain [see cat n. 2. (b)]; mountain of Ethna, Mount Etna; (b) mountain contre, a mountainous region…

11. wā̆sting(e ger.

Additional spellings: wastinge
43 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) The act of laying waste or making desolate, ravaging; also, a state of desolation or devastation; desolation, emptiness [quot. a1398]; (b) plunder, spoils.

12. wrēthen v.(1)

51 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To be or become angry, rage; be angry (with sb.); of God: be or become righteously wrathful (b) of anger: to be kindled (against sb.); (c) to become angry with (sb.); (d) refl. to be or become…

13. mē̆dwe n.

67 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A piece of grassland kept for hay; a grassy field; in the medwes, away off, some distance away; (b) meadowland; (c) a grassy field for pasture; (d) medwe dol [see dol n.(1), 3. (d)]; medwe gras

14. chē̆k interj. & n.

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(a) A call uttered in chess when the opponent's king (or another important figure) is under attack: check!, guard!; (b) fig. halt!

15. meu(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: meue
49 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A place where hawks are put to molt; a cage or coop; in meu, in a state of molting, molting; in the cage, in the coop; putten in meu, to put (a hawk) to molt; (b) maister of the meu hous, the…

16. chastitẹ̄ n.

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The virtue of sexual purity as defined by Christian doctrine, i.e. virginity, abstinence of men and women in orders, faithfulness (or abstinence) between man and wife, abstinence of widows, continence…

17. lọ̄s adj.

67 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Of persons: free from fetters, imprisonment, captivity, encirclement, or physical constraint; of animals: untied, loose; of insects: moving about, at large; also fig.; (b) unimpeded in action…

18. steden v.

72 quotations in 5 senses
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Impers. To be of profit; avail (sb.), profit.

19. leiser n.

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(a) An opportune time, opportunity, chance, occasion; with leiser, as occasion arises; (b) possibility, ability; at leiser, unhindered; (c) reason, cause.

20. thē̆r-as adv. & conj.

Additional spellings: theras
87 quotations in 6 senses
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As dem. adv.: there.