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1. quarrei n.

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(a) A quarry; quarrei man, a quarrier or stonecutter; (b) a stone; ?esp. a massive stone; (c) in surname and place names [see Smith PNElem.2.77]. …

2. abbat(h)īe, -cīe n.

Additional spellings: abbathie, abbacie
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(a) The office, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot; (b) an abbey. …

3. -ī(e suf.(4)

Additional spellings: -ie
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A derivational suffix in abstract and collective nouns: (a) from OF or L, e.g., auncestrie, compaignie, comedie, felonie, heresie, ipocrisie, jelousie, policie, ribaudie; (b) rarely in ME……

4. saxifraǧe n.

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A plant of the genus Saxifraga, used medicinally; saxifrage sede, the seed of the plant used medicinally; saxifrage the lesse, the plant Pimpinella saxifraga. …

5. regrāterīe n.

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Retail selling, usually at high prices obtained through forestalling the market. …

6. -ī̆(e(n suf.(2)

Additional spellings: -ie, -i, -in
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An inflectional suffix in the infinitive, present plural indicative and subjunctive of verbs: (a) from the OE second weak class: answerien, var. of answeren, bisien, bodien, var. of boden, folwien……

7. Sēland n.

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(a) The county of Zealand in the Netherlands; (b) Seland cloth, a kind of cloth made in Zealand; (c) as title of a herald. …

8. hē̆r(e pron. (possessive plural)

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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. …

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