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1. -er suf.(1)

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Derivational suffix (from earlier -re) forming the comp. of adjs.: (a) Without mutation of the root vowel: hard-er [OE heard-ra], bōld-er, bright-er, kēn-er, hōlī-er, lǒvelok-er, clēr-er, ǧentil-er……

2. rō n.(1)

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(a) A roe deer (Capreolus capreolus); -- also coll.; ro der [OE rah-deor], a roebuck; bevey of ros; red as ro; (b) ro broth, a broth made from the liver of a deer or from venison; ?also, a sauce for……

3. inner(e adj. (comparative)

Additional spellings: innere
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(a) Inner, inside; (b) inside the body, internal; (c) inmost, interior; (d) in phrases: inner chaumbre, a room opening off another room or a hall, a private room; inner hous, the inner court of the……

4. after adj. (?& adv.)

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(a) Second in time; after dai (night), the second day (night); second in a series; after del, the second part; personal name: ?the Second; (b) next following in time, immediately after, next; (c)……

5. rō n.(3)

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Naut. In cpds.: ro bende, a rope attaching the head of a sail to the yard [cp. ro-bond n.]; ro line (rop), ?a brace for swinging the yards horizontally; ?a footrope; ?a gasket of some kind. …

6. wrō n.

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(a) An isolated or remote place, an out-of-the-way spot; a corner, nook; also, fig. a passage in a text [quot. c1400]; from ech a wro, from every nook and cranny, from everywhere;—used in fig.……

7. -ere suf.(3)

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Inflectional ending of the definite (strong) adj. occurring in early ME: (a) in the gen. and dat. sing. feminine and (b) in the gen. plur. The gen.pl. inflection -er survives in the indef. numeral……

8. radevore n.

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Some kind of cloth or tapestry. …

9. bettre adj.

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Superior in quality or character, better; contextually: more desirable, preferable; more favorable, advantageous; improved; etc.; also, more betre; haven the bettre chepe, del, ende, have the……

10. rō-bō̆nd n.

Additional spellings: robond
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Naut. A rope attaching the head of a sail to the yard. …

11. āver n.(1)

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A draft horse; ?also, any beast of burden or draft animal. …

12. hater(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: hatere
27 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Clothes, garments, clothing; -- pl. or coll.; (b) a garment [see also barm hater]; (c) torn garment(s, rags; (d) in surnames; hater mongere, a seller of clothing. …

13. lāter(e adj. (comparative)

Additional spellings: latere
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(a) Less early, later; produced, originating, born, brought out, uttered, coming, or occurring at a later time; of later date (yeres), of later date (years), more recent; (b) later ende, the latter……

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