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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....
