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1. † abrede, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To spread out; to extend. Also: to lay flat....
2. adder, n.1 View full entry eOE
...In generic sense: a snake, a serpent, esp. with reference to the serpent as a manifestation of the devil in the biblical account of the Fall in the Garden of Eden; (hence,...
3. † afferre, v. View full entry eOE
...trans. To take away, remove. Also: to snatch away, seize and carry off....
4. after, adj. and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Designating the second of two or more people, things, occasions, etc., occurring in chronological sequence. Obs....
5. arise, v. View full entry c825
...To get up from sitting or kneeling, to stand up. arch.: see rise...
6. † ˈarist, n. View full entry c825
...Rising, rise from a seat or from bed; sunrise....
7. ark, n. View full entry c825
...A chest, box, coffer, close basket, or similar receptacle; esp....
8. † aˈwarie, v. View full entry c825
...To curse, damn....
9. awe, n.1 View full entry c825
...Immediate and active fear; terror, dread. Obs....
10. beard, n. View full entry c825
...The hair that grows upon the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of an adult man's face; now usually excluding the moustache, or hair of the upper lip....
11. ˈbee-ˌbread, n. View full entry c825
...orig. In Old English as in the other Teutonic languages: Honey-comb with the honey in it. Obs....
12. † beˈlouke, v. View full entry c825
...trans. To close, to shut (a door, etc.)....
13. blessing, n. View full entry c825
...Hallowing, consecration. Obs....
14. † bright, v. View full entry a800
...intr. To be bright, shine....
15. burn, v.1 View full entry c825
...Of fire, a furnace, or conflagration: To be in the state of activity characteristic of fire; to be in the state of combustion. Sometimes the prominent notion is that of intense heat...
16. chalice, n. View full entry c825
...A drinking-cup or goblet. (Now only in poetic or elevated language.)...
17. cheek, n. View full entry c825
...The jaw, jaw-bone; later called ‘cheek-bone’. Obs....
18. cherub, n. View full entry c825
...In early use: (cherubin, -yn, -ym). A reproduction of the Latin form, app. treated as singular or collective, without article, and variously understood. ...
19. chill, n. View full entry c825
...The former equivalent of the modern cold, used, e.g., of the coldness of the weather, frost....
20. church, n.1 and adj. View full entry eOE
...A building for public Christian worship or rites such as baptism, marriage, etc., traditionally cruciform in shape, and typically having a tower, dome, or spire; distinguished originally from an oratory...
