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oluhnen
† oluhnen, v. Obs. Also 3 olhnen. [Early ME. oluhnen (ü) app. for *olühtnen, f. OE. ólyht flattery (Blickl. Hom. 99), connected with olehtan, oleccan to flatter.] trans. and intr. To flatter.a 1225 Ancr. R. 180 Ȝif me is iluued more þen anoðer, & more ioluhned. Ibid. 248 Ne mei he buten scheawe þe u...
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elken
† ˈelken, v. Obs. rare—1. [? var. of oluhnen to flatter.] ? To flatter, propitiate.a 1400–50 Alexander 163 Þai..Honourd him with offryngs & elkend him fayre.
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hayward
hayward (ˈheɪwɔːd) Also 3 heiward, 4 haiward, 5–7 heyward, 7 haward. [f. hay n.2 + ward, OE. weard guardian.] An officer of a manor, township, or parish, having charge of the fences and enclosures, esp. to keep cattle from breaking through from the common into enclosed fields; sometimes, the herdsma...
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threat
▪ I. threat, n. (θrɛt) Forms: 1–3 þreat, (1 ðreot(t, ðreatt), 2 þreatt, 3 þræt, 3–4 þrat, 4 þret, thrett, 4–5 þret(e, thret(e, 6 thrette, 6– threat. [OE. þréat masc. (With sense 2 cf. ON. þraut fem. struggle, labour, trouble):—OTeut. *þrauto{supz}, -ā, from ablaut-series *þreut-, þraut-, þrut- (cf. ...
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