Common Flashcards
(166 cards)
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Soote
A
Sweet
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goone
A
going/to go
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Strondes
A
Lands
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Knowthe
A
Known
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seke
A
to seek/look for
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seeke
A
sick
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al, al be that
A
although
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als, also
A
also
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anon
A
at once, immedietly
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artow
A
art thou (are you)
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as
A
as if, like
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atte
A
at/at the
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adventure
A
chance
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axe
A
ask
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ay
A
always
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been
A
are (can also mean ‘been’)
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bet
A
better
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beth
A
are (imperative) be
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brenne
A
burn
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but / but if
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unless
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can, kan
A
know/ be able
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canstow
A
can you / you can
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cas
A
happening/ case/ chance
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certes
A
certainly
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clepe
call / to call
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clerk
scholar/ student
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coy
quiet
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ech
each
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eke / eeke
also
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echo (o) n
each one
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er / or
before, formerly
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everich
every/ every one
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fey/ fay
faith
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forthy
therefore
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fro
from
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gan/ (be) gonne
began
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han
have
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hastow
have you / you have
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hem
them
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here
her
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hight
named/ called
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him lest/list
he wants
43
hir(e)
her, their
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ich
I
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ilke
same
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kan
know, know how to, can
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konne
learn, know how, can
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koude
knew, knew how to, could
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kynde
nature
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lasse
less
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le(e)ve
dear, darling
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lite
little
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maistow/maystow
may you/you may
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make
husband, mate/ make
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mo
more
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moote(e)(n)
may, must, ought to
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(also, ever) moot I
as I hope to
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morwe
morrow/morning
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mowe
may
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much
much/many
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nam
am not
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namo/namore
no more
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nas
was not
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nat
no
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natheless
nevertheless
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ne
not/nor
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nere
were not
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nolde
would not
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nones/ nonys
occassion
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noon
none, no
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noot
knew not
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nyce
foolish
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nys
is not
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o/oo/oon/on
one
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pardee
by god/ certainly
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prime/ pryme
9am
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quod
said
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rathe
early/soon
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rede
advise/interpret/read
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seistow
says you/ you say
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sely
innocent/ simple
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seyde
said
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seye
say
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shaltow
you shall
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sikerly
certainly/truly
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sith
since (then)
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somedel
somewhat
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sooth/soothfastnesse
truth/truthful
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swich
such
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syn
since
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thanne
then/than
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thilke
this/that
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tho
those/then
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tweye
two
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unnethe
scarcely
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verray
true/vertiable
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wene(th)
think/thinks
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whylam/whilchom
Once/once upon a time
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Wight
person/thing/creature
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yaf
gave
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ycleped
named
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ye (n)
eyes
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yeve (-en) (-est) (-eth)
give, given
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ynogh
enough
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ywis
surely, certainly
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brydel
reins
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cheere/cheere/chiere
face/facial expression
108
dispit/despite
disdain, scorn
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gentil
noble
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hente
seize, grasp
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hende
courteous
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lystes
jousting fields
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maugre(e), malgre
despite, in spite of
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mottelee
multicoloured, patchwork
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parfit
perfect, complete
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pyne
pain, harm, misery
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socour(e)
succour--assistance-- help
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sote (soote)
sweet smelling, sweet
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Sterve(n)
To die
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Steven(e)
voice
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trewe
true, faithful
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Weylaway, wailaway
alas!
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Waymentynge
Lamentation
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Wepene
Weapon
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woode, wod(e)
mad
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Cherl
Peasant
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Cokewold
cuckhold
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daungerous
aloof, standoffish
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deerne
secret
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Joly, jolyf
Merry, Cheerful, Lusty
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kultor
plough blade
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lever (from leef=life)
dear, darling, lover
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lemman
lover, paramour, slut
134
pryvetee
private, secret, genitals
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quite (n)
repay (with vengeance)
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rewe(n)
pity on/mercy for
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sely
happy, innocent, ignorant, wretched
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sola(as)
comfort, solace, pleasure
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swynke
worked, dominated
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unnethe
hardly, scarcely, with difficulty
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whether, wether
male sheep, castrated man
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abroche
open
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bishrewe
curse
144
chepe
to buy, purchase
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costage
expense
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engendre
act of procreation, conception
147
geste (geeste)
story, history
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glose
to inform, to explain
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gossib
friend
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kyndely
naturally
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maydenhede
virginity
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mete(n)
dream, dreamt, to dream
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mette
a dream
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pleyne
lament, complain
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purveyance
foresight
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shende
destroy
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soveraynetee, soverigntee
mastery, soverignty
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wexe(n)
to grow, increase
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Clenesse
purity
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unwemmed
undefiled
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herye(n)
praise
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honestee
chasitity
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threwes
morals
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passioun
suffering
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lotynge
in hiding
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queynte/queint
a clever device, ingenious plot, elegant thing, euphemism for c*nt
