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1.
shrift
n.
142 quotations in 4 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Confession to a priest, auricular confession; also
person.
;
shrift in (o
,
of
,
with) mouth
;
shrift wind
, oral confession;
soth (sothfast, verrei) shrift
;
haven shrift on herte
, to intend to…
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