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agayn, agaynes, ayein, against

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agwainst, towards, in return

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anoon

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straightaway, immediatelly

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areden

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to advise, explain

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arn

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are

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auctoritee

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authority, authoritative, text, judgement

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avys

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advice

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avysen

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to consider, reflect, understand

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ay

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always, all the time

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ben

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to be

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bet

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better

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bidden (past: bad)

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to command, order, ask

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biden, byden (past: bood)

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to wait, delay

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biheten, bihoten (past: bihighte)

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to promise

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bihoven (past: bihoof)

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to be necessary

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brouken

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to enjoy, profit by

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can, connen, cunnen (past: coude)

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to know how to

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cas, caas

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affair, chance

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per cas

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by chance

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catel

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goods, property

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clepen

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to call, name

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crafty

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skillful, clever

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curteisye

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generosity, nobility (stronger than ‘courtesy’)

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daunger

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disdain, stand-offishness (not ‘danger’)

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descryven

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to describe

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disese

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discomfort, displeasure (rarely ‘disease’)

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douten

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to fear, doubt

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ech, ich, ych

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each (but ‘ich’ can mean ‘I’)

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eek, eke

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also, furthermore

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eft

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afterwards, again

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ensample, ensaumple

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example, warning, model, pattern, moral tale

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entente

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intention, meaning, desire

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er, or

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earlier, before

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eschewen

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to escape, avoid

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everich

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every

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faren (past: ferde)

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to travel, behave, happen

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fayn, feyn

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glad(ly), eager(ly)

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fer

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far

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ferre(r)

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farther

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ferreste

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farthest

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for

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for, because of, in spite of

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fre

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noble, generous (rarely ‘free’)

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ful

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very

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ful wel

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very much

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gentil, gentillesse

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noble, nobility (of rank or character)

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ginnen (past: gan, gon)

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to begin; also a general auxiliary (e.g ‘she gan wepe’ = ‘she did weep’)

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glosen

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to comment, interpret, decieve

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goon (past: yede)

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to go

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habit

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dress, mood (rarely ‘habit’)

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hap

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happy occurence

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happy

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fortunate

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hastow

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you have

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haten, heten, hoten

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to promise, command, be called

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heigh, hey, hy

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high, noble

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henten

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to seize, obtain, attack

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here, hire

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her, their (depending on context)

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hit

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it

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hool

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whole, perfect, healthy

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ich

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I (but can also mean ‘each’)

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ilik, yliche

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alike, similar(ly)

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ilke, thilke

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same, the same, that very

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iwis, ywis

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indeed, certainty

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kerven (past: karf)

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to cut, carve

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leten, laten (past: leet)

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to allow (not to be confused with ‘letten’)

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letten (past: lette)

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to prevent, desist (not to be confused with ‘leten’)

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lever(e)

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rather

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him was levere

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he would rather

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lewed

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uneducated, coarse

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listeth, lesteth, lusteth

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it is pleasing, desirable to

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looth

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displeasing, undesirable to

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merye, murye, myrie

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merry, pleasant

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mete (past: mette)

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to meet, to dream

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moot

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must, may

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mowen

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to be able, to be allowed

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nadde

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had not

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neigh, ney

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near

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nerre

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nearer

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nexte

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nearest

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nere

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was not (but can also mean ‘near’, ‘nearer’)

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niste

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did not know

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nyce

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ignorant, foolish, meticulous (not ‘nice’)

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o, oo, on, oon

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one, the same one

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or

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before

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paraunter, paraventure

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perhaps, by chance

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preef

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proof, test, experience

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preven

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to prove, test, experience

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privee, privy

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secret, private, intimate

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queynte

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skillful, cunning, elaborate

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quyten (past: quitte)

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to reward, pay back, set free

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reven (past: rafte, refte)

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to take away, rob

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seistow

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you say (singular)

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sely

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happy, innocent (not ‘silly’)

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siker(ly), seker(ly)

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sure(ly)

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sin, syn, sithen

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since

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sooth, soothly

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true, truth, truly

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sote, swote, swete

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sweet

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soveraynetee, sovereyntee

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power, sovereignty

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speden (past: spedde)

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to carry out, succeed

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swich

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such

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thider

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thither

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thilke

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the same, that very

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tho

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those, then

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threuthe, throuthe

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fidelity, a promise, truth

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waxen, wexen (past: wax, wex, wox)

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to grow

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wenden (past: wente)

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to go, depart (not to be confused with ‘wenen’)

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wenen (past: wende)

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to suppose, imagine, expect (not to be confused with ‘wenden’)

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whider

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whither

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whilom

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once upon a time, formerly

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witen, weten (present: woot, past: wiste)

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to know, find out

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wonen (past: woned)

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to dwell, stay, be used to

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yede

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went (past tense of ‘goon’)

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yeven, yiven (past: yaf)

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to give

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yif

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if

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yliche

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like, alike, similar(ly)

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ynough, ynowe

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enough, plenty

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yvel(e)

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evil

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me thinketh

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it seems to me

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me semeth

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it seems to me

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-ande [on verbs]

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equiv of -ing

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y- [on verbs]

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Often at the start of past participles

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for- [on verbs]

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most often an intensifier

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to- [on verbs]

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apart, away

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-ich

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Sign of an adverb

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Double negative

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Stays negative (does not cancel out)

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Nam

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Am not

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Nys

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Is not

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Nad

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Had not

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Nyl

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Will not

128
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Artow

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Art thow

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Woltow

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Wolt thow

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Thilke

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the ilke (the/that same)

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Theech

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Thee ich (I swear)

132
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Sit

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Sitteth

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Bit

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Biddeth

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-en

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Sign of a past participle (i.e like ‘taken’)

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Icham

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I am

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Forsothe

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Indeed, certainly

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