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1. encheuen v.

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(a) To avoid, forbear, shun, eschew (an action, thing, person); (b) to seek to avoid or prevent (a certain result). …

2. collaudaunt ppl.

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Extolling, praising. …

3. among(es adv.

Additional spellings: amonges
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Together, along with, by the side of, in association with, accompanied by; with..among; medlen among, mix with, intermingle. …

4. ?achaunǧe n.

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An exchange or change. …

5. anentes adv.

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Approximately, about. …

6. flẹ̄gin-wīte n.

Additional spellings: fleginwite
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7. hors-tail n.

Additional spellings: horstail
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(a) The tail of a horse; drauen at (behind) hors-tail, to drag (sb.) at a horse's tail as a punishment; (b) the penis of a horse; (c) a plant of the genus Equisetum, horsetail. …

8. hors-bak n.

Additional spellings: horsbak
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In phrases: (a) at hors-bak, on hors-bak, upon hors-bak, upon the back of a horse; on horseback, mounted; on hors-bak and (or) on fot, mounted or afoot; werre on hors-bak, cavalry warfare; (b) to……

9. in mō̆ng(es prep.

Additional spellings: in monges
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Among (a group), amidst. …

10. fōr-gein(es prep.

Additional spellings: for-geines
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(a) Directly opposite, in front of, over against; (b) compared to; (c) with respect to. …

11. -(e)s suf.(1)

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Derivational suffix forming adverbs of time, place, and manner: (a) Inherited from OE, e.g. dai-es by day, night-es by night, nēd-es of necessity, sōth-es truly (cp. the adv. phrases his willes vol……

12. -(e)s suf.(3)

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In the gen.sg. masc. & neut. of the indefinite (strong) declension [OE -es], only in very early ME (later dropped). Relics of this inflection survive in a number of set phrases, e.g. eies weies,……

13. arsmeche n.

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Culrage (Polygonum hydropiper). …

14. hisis pron.

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Possessed by him, his. …

15. sheuen v.(2)

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(a) To avoid, shun; (b) in phrase: sheuen to, ?to slant across (the forehead) [cp. skeuen v.(2)(b)]. …

16. nentes prep.

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Toward or to (sb.); with regard to (sth.), concerning; cp. anent(es. …

17. achaufen v.

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(a) To warm or heat (sth.); warm (oneself); grow warm; (b) to warm (sth.) by rubbing; to chafe; (c) fig. to soothe as by rubbing. …

18. sọ̄nes adv.

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In phrase: eftsones sones, immediately afterward. …

19. sitthenes adv.

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(a) Afterward, after that; then; subsequently, since then; (b) ever-mor sitthenes, ever afterward, ever since; never sitthenes, never afterward; (c) next in sequence; first..sitthenes, first..then. …

20. thē̆r-among(e adv.

Additional spellings: theramong, ther-amonge, theramonge
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With ref. to persons, objects, or natural phenomena: (a) among them, in the midst of them; (b) in addition to these, along with them, with them. …

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