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1. lēd n.

228 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Lead, either the metal or the metallic ore; whit led, ?tin; (b) as a type of heaviness; hevi as led, heavy as lead; also, weighed down by sin, grief, sleepiness, etc.; hevier than led, etc.; (c)……

2. fortihten v.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To lead (someone) astray, seduce. …

3. fọ̄l-itōhen, -itōwen adj.

Additional spellings: folitohen, fol-itowen, folitowen
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of persons: badly brought up, ill-bred; (b) wicked. …

4. barbul n.(2)

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A lead ball used as a missile. …

5. blī-gẹ̄ter n.

Additional spellings: bligeter
1 quotation in 1 sense
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A lead founder. …

6. wad adj.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Grayish, leaden. …

7. sǒund(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: sounde
25 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A body of water; also, a channel; ?also, a device used for measuring the depth of water [quot. ?c1475, 1st]; (b) swimming; also, the ability to swim; on sound, engaged in swimming; (c) the……

8. willen v.(2)

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To go astray, wander, roam; ben willed, have wandered, be strayed; also, have escaped [quot. c1400]; ppl. willed, gone astray, lost; (b) to cause (sb.) to become confused, lead astray. …

9. pig n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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A container for wine; ?the hide of a pig used as a wineskin. …

10. sǒue n.(2)

70 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A female swine, sow; soue swin, swin soue; soue blod (flesh, milk, pappe, tail); (b) a representation of a sow in sculpture; (c) fig. as a symbol of gluttony; (d) soues thistel, = soue-thistel n……

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