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1. welken-rēd adj.

Additional spellings: welkenred
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Of a scarlet or purple color like that obtained from whelks. …

2. ?disfortlēs adj.

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?Weakened, ?comfortless. …

3. ?chypeans n.

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?Chance, occasion, opportunity. …

4. ?discheyinge ger.

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Showing, setting forth [see also Flasdieck's note]. …

5. blọ̄d-rēd adj.

Additional spellings: blodred
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Blood-colored, intensely red; also, red with blood, bloody. …

6. pǒundrelle n.

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avoirdupois; cp. CL ponderāle public scales.] A kind of scale or balance for weighing. …

7. ?dẹ̄ding ger.(2)

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at deding, in (one's) possession or at (one's) bidding. …

8. ?diffūded ppl.

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Spread out, dispersed. …

9. legister n.

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A nun charged with the duty of reading aloud. …

10. ?crour n.

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A stallion kept for breeding, studhorse. …

11. angar(d)lī adv.

Additional spellings: angardli
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(a) Fiercely; eagerly; (b) exceedingly, extremely. …

12. rēd adj.

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(a) Red, of various shades of purple, crimson, scarlet, pink, etc.; also fig. [last quot.]; (b) red colour, red color; also, red dye, red ink, red pigment, or red paint; (c) in fixed comparisons: red……

13. rēd-lash n.

Additional spellings: redlash
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A kind of red leather, used for covering furniture and in bookbinding, clothing, etc. …

14. busshement n.

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(a) A military or naval ambush, ambuscade; leien (casten, setten) busshement, lay an ambush; breken busshement, attack from ambush; (b) an ambush of highwaymen. …

15. suffisauntẹ̄ n.

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(a) Enough; an adequate supply of something; (b) wealth; suffisaunte of fre-hold. …

16. popeler(e n.

Additional spellings: popelere
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(a) The European spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia); also, the spoonbill used for food; (b) a representation of the spoonbill in embroidery or weaving. …

17. drunken n.

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Drunkenness. …

18. bọ̄ken v.

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(a) To write (sth.) down, record; (b) to write (a story), compose; (c) wel boked, well-educated, well-read. …

19. waveshen v.

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?To put away (a wife), divorce; ?banish (sb.). …

20. al-tọ̄ adv.

Additional spellings: alto
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To the fullest extent or degree; completely, utterly, altogether; severely, greatly; -- (a) with verbs & ppls.; (b) with adj. …

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