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1. fẹ̄ren v.(4)

1 quotation in 1 sense
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To make (someone) well, to heal.

2. campi-genēr n.

Additional spellings: campigener
2 quotations in 1 sense
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A drillmaster.

3. wel(le n.

Additional spellings: welle
232 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) A natural source of water, forming a fountain, pool, or stream; a natural spring; the water produced or contained in such a spring or pool; also fig. and in fig. context; also, a fabulous or…

4. bon-chẹ̄f n.

Additional spellings: bonchef
24 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Good luck, success; welfare, prosperity; in bon-chef and in mischef, in good and bad fortune, under all circumstances; haven bon-chef, succeed; (b) a stroke of good luck; don bon-chef, make a…

5. wọ̄ne n.(4)

3 quotations in 1 sense
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In phrase: withouten wone, without delay, without hesitation.

6. brinke n.

65 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The shore (of the sea); seashore, coast; se brinke; ?also, the top (of a mound) [quot.: 1607], ?a precipice [quot. a1425 Wycl.]; (b) the bank (of a stream); (c) the edge (of a spring); (d) in…

7. queint(e n.

Additional spellings: queinte
8 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A clever or curious device or ornament; (b) a trick.

8. bile-whīt adj.

Additional spellings: bilewhit
6 quotations in 1 sense
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Pure in heart, virtuous; kind, gentle.

9. blatten v. (past plural)

1 quotation in 1 sense
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blatten out tonge, stuck out the tongue.

10. swẹ̄t(e adv.

Additional spellings: swete
38 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) In combs.: swet honied, honied swet, fig. honey-sweet; swet tasted, of water: fresh-tasting; (b) fragrantly; also fig.; swet savouringe (smellinge), sweet-smelling, aromatic; having a pleasant…

11. shitten v.

193 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To close (a door, window, gate, etc.); also, close the gates of (heaven) [quot.: PPl.B]; shitten faste; (b) ppl. shitte, closed, shut, not open; (c) shitten ayenes, to shut (a gate) against (sb…

12. alsō adv.

393 quotations in 17 senses
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Connecting sentences: (a) as a simple additive: in addition, moreover, also; and also, and ek also; nought onli..but also; usu. also, rarely as; (b) introd. a sequel to, or an inference from, a…

13. wei-lā̆-wei interj.

Additional spellings: weilawei
101 quotations in 3 senses
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An exclamation expressive of grief, dismay, or regret: (a) alas, woe; oh; wei-la-wei and alas, alas and wei-la-wei;—freq. used in direct speech; crien (seien, etc.) wei-la-wei (b) with hou or that

14. tak n.(2)

19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A fee paid to a lord or the king for the right to let swine feed in a forest or on a piece of land; a customary fee for the right to keep swine; tak and tol, tol and tak; tak fre, not subject to…

15. nerve n.

33 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A bodily part that transmits the capacity to feel or move from the brain or spinal cord, a nerve; nerve gustive, a nerve transmitting the sense of taste; nerve motive, a motor nerve; nerve optik

16. treu(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: treue
107 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) A pledge to cease hostilities for a lengthy or an indefinite period of time, usu. as a preliminary to further negotiation or the formal establishment of a peace; also, the peace established…

17. knod n.

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An excrescence or lump in the flesh.

18. this pron.

178 quotations in 4 senses
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As anaph. or dem. pron.: (a) pointing to a previously mentioned person or thing: this, this one, he, she, him, etc.; also, pointing to a previously mentioned group or series of ingredients, actions…

19. līen v.(2)

165 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To tell a lie, speak falsely, deceive; lie to (sb.); (b) lien in, to slander (sb.); lien of, make a false claim for (sb., oneself), boast about; also, lie about (sth.); lien o, slander (sb…