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1. mīren v.(2)

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(a) To entrap (sb.); ensnare (sb.) in sin; also refl. enmesh oneself in trouble; ben mired, be confounded or in trouble; (b) to bedung (sb. or sth.), befoul, defile, pollute (cp. mixen v.); (c) ppl. m……

2. mīrī adj.

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(a) Swampy, boggy, marshy; of a road: muddy; (b) dirty, filthy; also, sinful. …

3. mirī n.

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A physician; also fig. one who heals the soul of a sinner. …

4. pisse-mīre n.

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(a) An ant; eggest of pissemires, pissemires eiren, the whit that is among pissemires, ant eggs; pissemire(s hille, anthill; (b) as surname. …

5. solwī adj.

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Dirty, soiled. …

6. rāre-drumbel n.

Additional spellings: raredrumbel
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The European bittern (Botaurus stellaris). …

7. slǒude n.

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In phrase: a sloude, ?a muddy place; ?on a slant [in which case slyke would be a var. of sliche n.]. …

8. solwen v.

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(a) To defile (sb., the soul with sin, etc.); ?also [quots.: 1440], make (sb. or sth.) dirty; (b) to become dirty; grow dark. …

9. lābī n.

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A burden; -- used fig. …

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