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1. bein, adj. and adv. View full entry a1200
...Pleasant, genial, kindly; ‘nice.’ (Latin amœnus, almus, benignus.) Obs....
2. † biˈdeme, v. View full entry a1200
...trans. To condemn....
3. † chilce, n. View full entry a1200
...Childishness, childness....
4. † ˈchristenman | cristenman, n. View full entry a1200
...= Christian man, Christian....
5. cony | coney, n. View full entry a1200
...A rabbit: formerly the proper and ordinary name, but now superseded in general use by rabbit, which was originally a name for the young only....
6. † derne, adv. View full entry a1200
...‘Dernly’, secretly....
7. ˈdoomsman, n. View full entry a1200
...A judge, deemster....
8. ermine, n. View full entry a1200
...An animal of the weasel tribe (Mustela Erminea), an inhabitant of northern countries, called in England a stoat, whose fur is reddish brown in summer, but in winter...
9. † ˈevening, n.3 and adj. View full entry a1200
...An equal, one of the same rank; a ‘match’; a neighbour (in scriptural sense)....
10. † everˈmo, adv. View full entry a1200
...= evermore...
11. † froud, n. View full entry a1200
...A frog or toad....
12. gatherer, n. View full entry a1200
...One who gathers or collects (in general senses). Also gatherer up....
13. † gin, v.1 View full entry a1200
...intr. To begin, followed by inf. active, with or without to; rarely for to. In Middle English poetry the pa.t. gan was commonly used in...
14. † hale, n.1 View full entry a1200
...Health, well-being, welfare; cure, remedy; = hail, heal...
15. † his | hise, pron.3 View full entry a1200
...3rd singular feminine accusative personal pronoun; = her, it; refl. herself....
16. ill, adj. and n. View full entry a1200
...Morally evil; wicked, iniquitous, depraved, vicious, immoral, blameworthy, reprehensible....
17. lawless, adj. View full entry a1200
...Without law, having no laws; ignorant of, or not regulated by law. Of a law: Not based on principles of right. Now rare....
18. † sabeline, n. View full entry a1200
...The fur of the sable....
19. smeek, n. View full entry a1200
...Smoke arising from burning or smouldering matter; reek. Also in fig. context....
20. spend, v.1 View full entry c1175
...Of persons: To pay out or away; to disburse or expend; to dispose of, or deprive oneself of, in this way....
