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1. † adraw, v. View full entry lOE

...trans. To pull or draw out (also forth, back, etc.)....

2. mightful, adj. and n. View full entry lOE

...Mighty, powerful; endowed with divine or kingly power; †efficacious (obs.)....

3. no, adj. View full entry lOE

...With a singular or plural noun. Not any....

4. rod, n.1 View full entry lOE

...A stick or bundle of twigs used as an instrument of punishment, esp. for a child. Cf. cane4birch2. to spare the rod and spoil the child...

5. sly, adj., adv., and n. View full entry a1200

...Of persons: Skilful, clever, dexterous, or expert in doing something; possessing practical skill or ability; skilled, knowing, wise. (Also occas. of animals.) Obs. exc. north. dial....

6. smatch, n.1 View full entry a1200

...Taste, smack, flavour; †also, the sense of taste....

7. smother, v. View full entry a1200

...To suffocate with smoke....

8. smothering, adj. View full entry a1200

...Of smoke, etc.: Stifling, suffocating....

9. † snarche, v. View full entry a1200

...intr. To become scorched; to frizzle....

10. † soft, v. View full entry a1200

...trans. To render (a person, the heart, etc.) less harsh, severe, or obdurate; to mollify, appease, pacify....

11. sparkle, v.1 View full entry a1200

...To issue, to fly or spring out or forth, in sparkles or small particles. Also fig....

12. † spetewil, adj. View full entry a1200

...(Of uncertain origin and meaning.)...

13. un-, prefix2 View full entry a1200

...expressing reversal or deprivation, representing Old English un-, on- (Middle English un-, rarely on-), = Old Frisian und-, unt-, ...

14. unˈgainly, adv. View full entry a1200

...Threateningly, terribly. Obs....

15. unˈmarred, adj. View full entry a1200

...(un-8.)...

16. † unofˈserved, adj. View full entry a1200

...= undeserved1....

17. unˈseen, adj. and n. View full entry a1200

...Not seen; not apprehended by sight; unperceived, invisible....

18. † unˈwight, n. View full entry a1200

...An evil being or spirit; a fiend or monster; spec. the devil....

19. up-, prefix View full entry a1200

...In comb. with ns. (except as in 3d3e)....

20. vie, n.1 View full entry a1200

...An account of the life of a saint. Obs....

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