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1. bein, adj. and adv. View full entry a1200
...Pleasant, genial, kindly; ‘nice.’ (Latin amœnus, almus, benignus.) Obs....
2. † budde, n. View full entry a1200
...An insect; ? a beetle of some kind: cf. boud, weevil....
3. † ˈburghal-ˌpenny, n. View full entry c1177
...A municipal tax of some kind; in ancient charters certain monasteries are exempted from paying it....
4. lippen, v. View full entry c1175
...intr. To confide, rely, trust. Const. to, till; occas. in, into, of, on, unto. Also in ...
5. market, n. View full entry lOE
...A meeting or gathering together of people for the purchase and sale of provisions or livestock, publicly displayed, at a fixed time and place; the occasion or time of this. Also: the...
6. pedder, n. View full entry 1166
...A person who carries goods about for sale; a pedlar....
7. pier, n.1 View full entry lOE
...A structure supporting the span of a bridge....
8. plash, n.1 View full entry lOE
...An area of shallow standing water, a marshy pool; a puddle. Also occas. as a mass noun: marsh, mire....
9. plot, n. View full entry lOE
...A fairly small piece of ground, esp. one used for a specified purpose, such as building or gardening, etc. Cf. plat1. Also fig....
10. plough | plow, n.1 View full entry lOE
...In northern and eastern areas of England and Scotland: the name given to a unit of land capable of being tilled by a team of oxen in a year; = ploughland...
11. privet, n.1 View full entry lOE
...Originally: the deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub Ligustrum vulgare (family Oleaceae), native to Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia, having glossy dark green leaves and clusters of small white...
12. rear, adj.1 View full entry lOE
...Originally only of eggs: slightly or imperfectly cooked, underdone. Also in extended use. Cf. rare Now regional....
13. sob, v.1 View full entry a1200
...intr. To catch the breath in a convulsive manner as the result of violent emotion, esp. grief; to weep in this fashion. Also in figurative contexts....
14. † sput, v. View full entry c1175
...trans. To urge, incite....
15. tineman, n. View full entry c1185
...a spurious word; being a misreading in Harrison of the word túnman in a MS. 1570 of Cnut's Forest Laws (1185), whence app. in...
16. tod, n.1 View full entry c1170
...A fox. Now only dial....
17. † wandale, n.1 View full entry c1150
...A division of land (? of the breadth of a ‘wand’ or perch)....
18. wile, n. View full entry 1154
...A crafty, cunning, or deceitful trick; a sly, insidious, or underhand artifice; a stratagem, ruse. Formerly sometimes in somewhat wider sense: A piece of deception, a deceit, a delusion. Chiefly pl....
19. † yfere, adv. View full entry a1200
...In company; together. (Extensively used in Middle English poetry as a rhyming tag; rare in prose.)...
