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Þ þ (thorn)
Ð ð (eth)
Ʒ ʒ (yogh)
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1.
āǧe
n.
181 quotations in 8 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) A stage or period in human life, a person's age; one of the 'seven periods' of life; also, the condition of having lived a certain time;
betwen two ages
, ?between youth and middle age…
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2.
æʒ-moran
n.
Additional spellings:
æʒmoran
1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
?Eye nerves; ?eye socket.
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3.
daies-īe
n.
Additional spellings:
daiesie
29 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) The European daisy or marguerite (Bellis perennis) [with pink-tipped petals];
the litel daies-ie
; (b) as surname.
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4.
eie
n.(1)
486 quotations in 19 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) The organ of vision, the eye; (b)
bodili (erthli, fleshes, fleshli, outer) eie
.
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5.
ō̆n-eige
adj.
Additional spellings:
oneige
1 quotation in 1 sense
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One-eyed.
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6.
toren-eʒe
adj.
Additional spellings:
toreneʒe
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Bleary-eyed; also, of the eyes: bleared; (b) as noun phrase: ?bleariness or rheuminess of the eyes; ?bleary eyes.
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