SC - Steak- OED-Question

[Karen]

>>>>>>>>
his may be a stupid question, but I have little experience with the
OED.
What do the numbers before the variant spellings signify?  

Mercedes
Mooneschadowe, Ansteorra

>OED Entry Search
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>steak
>
>steak steik. Forms: 5 steike, steyke, styke, 5-6 steke, 6 steake, 7-8
>stake, 7- steak. a. ONor. steik fem. (Sw. stek, Da. steg), cogn. w. 
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These refer (as in any large dictionary, not just OED) to the number
of the definition, in other words, the spelling for how the word is
used differently.  Sometimes the definitions vary widely, as some
words become oopposite to what they started out.  (Have I cleared it
or muddied it?)

Tyrca





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