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Example Sentences
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Bild, vb. imp. build 3.64; 2 p. pr. bildist 22.79; 3 p. pr. bilt, 3.65, byldyth 5.13; pp. bildyd, billid, bylde, byllyd, 5.11, 8.13, 11.11, 20.22, 27.11.
From Erthe Upon Erthe by Various
Crave, vb. to demand payment of a debt, to dun.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias
Purvey, purway, vb. make provision 28.52; provide, furnish 26.62.
From Erthe Upon Erthe by Various
Stie, stye, vb. ascend, mount 14.36, 16.51, 18.50, 23.132; OE. stīgan.
From Erthe Upon Erthe by Various
Not from O. E. blēo. 29Blabber, vb. to chatter, speak nonsense.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias
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