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1.
hāve-lēste
n.
Additional spellings:
haveleste
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Poverty.
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2.
ahebben
v.
21 quotations in 4 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To raise or lift (sth.) up;
ahebben up
; erect (a cross);
ahebben on rode
, to crucify; (b)
refl.
arise, get up; (c)
ahebben eien
, raise (one's) eyes, look up;
ahebben stevne
, raise (one's) voice…
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3.
hēven
v.
170 quotations in 8 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To raise (an object, a body, the hands, etc.) upright or to a higher position; lift up, hoist;
heven on rode
, crucify; (b)
heven up
, to lift up (sb. or sth.); [cp.
up heven
]; (c) to raise (sb…
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