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1. gī̆rden v.(2)

94 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To strike (sb.); girden at, aim a blow at (sb.); girden on, rain (blows) on (sb.); (b) girden abak, to drive (sb.) back with blows, repel; girden al to poudre, beat (sb.) to dust; girden doun

2. ȝ n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The letter ȝ in ME script [see Paues in MLR 6.441-54]; (b) as abbrev. for a name; (c) an error for the Tironian sign for and or et.

3. hẹ̄ pron.(2)

108 quotations in 4 senses
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As anaphoric or pers. pron., subject: (a) the female person referred to, she; (b) used pleonastically, or for emphasis; (c) with appositional adjunct; (d) he that, he the, he..that, she who.

4. hē̆r(e pron. (possessive plural)

Additional spellings: here
202 quotations in 8 senses
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With reference to persons: (a) denoting possession in the broadest sense: their; (b) her ouen, their own; her two, their two, both of their; (c) with sg. antecedent.

5. ihīw-cyðlīcod ppl.

Additional spellings: ihiwcyðlicod
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Made known or familiar to (sb.).

6. irennen v.

76 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To run (to or toward a place); rush about; of horses, harts, etc.: gallop; (b) to charge on horseback in battle; make an assault; rush (upon sb.); (c) to flee, depart swiftly; irennen awei.

7. ivel adj.

300 quotations in 7 senses
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Wicked, depraved, sinful: (a) of persons, the soul; ivel man, etc.; (b) of a spirit; ivel gost, an evil spirit, a devil; the Devil; (c) of an action; ivel dede, ivel werk; (d) of speech; ivel speche,

8. my n.

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Mu, the twelfth letter of the Greek alphabet.

9. onyẹ̄n prep.

21 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Towards (sb.), to meet (sb.); (b) in front of (sb.), before, facing; (c) against (sb. or sth.), contrary to, in opposition to; (d) in anticipation of (sb. or sth.), in preparation for; (e) in…

10. prǒud adj.

228 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Guilty of the sin of Pride; haughty, arrogant; also, obstinate, rebellious; (b) proudest of pride, supremely proud; proud as lucifer; proud herte, proud heart; -- also as surname or epithet; maken

11. rūnish adj.

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(a) Mysterious, strange; (b) ?rough, violent; ?vigorous.

12. scaue n.

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An imperfection in cloth.

13. snǒuen v.(2)

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Of a hawk: to wipe (the beak) clean of food, etc.

14. snūven v.

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To sniff (sth.), smell.