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Leve, lyffe, vb. live 19.24, 28.41, 33.35; 2 p. pr. leuyst, leuuyst 25.50, 26.62; 3 p. pr. lyueth 23.105; imp. lyffe 19.23; 3 p. p. levyd 34.57.
From Erthe Upon Erthe by Various
Yelde, yeelde, ȝeelde, vb. yield, render, pay 15.42, 18.41, 21.58; 3 p. pr. yeldis 33.56.
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
Crave, vb. to demand payment of a debt, to dun.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias
Similar unfronting of the vowel is seen in prenciple, reddance, enterdick. 40Fang, vb. to catch, seize.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias
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