A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Dosil, _sb._ == a spigot of a barrel. RG. 542. Fr. doisil. See the Prompt.
Parv. _s. v._ dotelle, and note there
Dotance, _sb._ == doubt, fear. Alys. 582
Double, _adj._ 417 B.
Double, _v. a._ 598 . part. 'idoubled.' 295
Doubt, _sb._ == fear. RG. 89, 402
Doubt, _v. n._ == be afraid. 395 B.; feel doubt. St Swithin, 105
Doubt, _v. a._ == fear. 289
Doughtily, _adv._ Alys. 7382
Doughty, _adj._ Wright's L. P. p. 27
Douthe, == 'might,' or 'availed,' perf. of 'dow,' to avail, prosper, be able. (See Phil. Soc. Proc. ii. 158.) HD. 833, 1184. part. 'ydought.'
Alys. 5906. AS. dugan
Douzepairs, _sb._ == the twelve peers of France, [dosse pers], RG. 188.
[dozzepers]. RG. 200
Dove, _sb._ Ps. liv. 7
Down, _sb._ == open heath. RG. 144; [dune]. O. and N. 830. AS. dun
Down, _adv._ HD. 2291
Downcast, _v. a._ == cast down. pret. 'douncaste.' Ps. lxxiii. 6
Downcome, _v. n._ Ps. cxliii. 5
Downer, == lower. Alys. 6619
Downfall, _v. n._ == fall down, in part. 'downfalland.' Ps. xvii. 9
Downfalling, _sb._ Ps. li. 6
Downgo, _v. n._ == go down. Ps. cvi. 26. part, 'downgaand.' Ps. cvi. 23
Downright, _adv._ Ps. cv. 18
Downshear, _v. a._ == cut down. pret. 'douneschare.' Ps. lxxiii. 6
Downward, _adv._ RG. 362
Dozen, _sb._ Pol. S. 229
Dragon, _sb._ == (animal). RG. 131
---- == a war standard. RG. 303, 216, 545
Dragonet, _sb._ == a small dragon. Alys. 602
Drake, _sb._ HD. 1241. Wright's L. P. p. 44
---- == dragon. Alys. 553
Drapery, _sb._ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175
Draught, _sb._ == drawing. Body and Soul, 43
Draw, _v. a._ RG. 367
---- == cut down, 'hang and draw.' 724 B. part. 'drawe' (of a sword). RG.
536
Draw, _v. n._ == draw towards a thing, approximate to. RG. 369; [drey?e].
Wright's L. P. p. 34
Drawbridge, _sb._ Alys. 1205
Dread, _sb._ RG. 401, 457
Dread, _v. n._ pret. 'dradde.' 127 B.
Dreadful, _adj._ Wright's L. P. p. 50
Dreadly, _adj._ Body and Soul, 6
Dream, _sb._ HD. 1284
---- _v. n._ HD. 1284, 1304. ON. dreyma
Drearied, == sorrowful. Ps. x.x.xvii. 7
Dreary, _adj._ RG. 351; [drury], Alys. 4389. Cf. La?. ii. 184
Dreg, _sb._ Ps. x.x.xix. 3
Dreme, _sb._ == song, melody. Wright's L. P. p. 57; [dreim]. O. and N.
21. AS. dream
Drench, _sb._ == a potion. RG. 151. AS. drenc
Drench, _v. a._ == to drown. Wright's L. P. p. 113. part. 'dreynt.' Ibid.
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