† awlenchv.
Obsolete.
To make splendid, adorn.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > invest with splendour
awlenchc1200
splendish1583
invest1607
splendoura1867
c1000 in Thorpe Charters 129 (Bosw.) Gewlenced mid sum dǽle Mercna ríces.]
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 163 He awlencð his daie mid cloðes more þan him seluen.
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v.c1200- ring blackbird
- ring book
- ring boot
- ring brooch
- ring bunting
- ring burner
- ring canal
- ring cartilage
- ring chain
- ring changes
- ring chimes
- ring chromosome
- ring chuck
- ring circuit
- ring closure
- ring coal
- ring complex
- ring composition
- ring compound
- ring corn
- ring corner
- ring counter
- ring crib
- ring cross
- ring culture