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1. frank-pleǧǧe n.

Additional spellings: frankplegge
11 quotations in 2 senses
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One of the mutually responsible members of a tithing, etc. …

2. ridel n.(1)

19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A coarse sieve used for bolting grain, a riddle; big (ote, whete) ridel, a riddle for barley (oats, wheat); ?also, a winnowing fan or fork [quot.: 1440]; also, a representation of a sieve [quot……

3. Sarasī̆n(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: Sarasine
88 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A Turk; also, an Arab; also, a Moslem; -- often with ref. to the Crusades; Sarasin hed, the head of a Saracen; (b) a heathen, pagan; an infidel; (c) as a type of non-Christian; Sarasin or jeu, jeu……

4. sester n.

19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A vessel for holding liquid; ?a brewing vat [2nd quot.]; (b) a liquid measure; sester ful; (c) a dry measure; (d) sester peni, an annual tax imposed upon commercial brewers of beer. …

5. shingle n.(1)

24 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A wooden tile for roofing; also fig.; also, a thin piece of wood used as a writing tablet; coll. shingles, a quantity of shingles; also, lumber from which shingles are made [quot.: 1439]; (b)……

6. snak n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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A ship of some kind, esp. a light, fast ship. …

7. stagge n.

28 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An adult male deer, esp. a four- or five-year-old stag; stagge of an hert; (b) a young male horse, colt [chiefly N]; (c) a swan [cp. steg(ge n.]; (d) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem.……

8. stot n.

56 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A bullock, steer; also fig.; bole stot [some quots. in (a) may belong in (b) and vice versa]; (b) a horse, esp. one used for plowing; also, a stallion; also, the name of a horse; (c) stot rop, a……

9. tanner(e n.

Additional spellings: tannere
33 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) One who tans hides to make leather, a tanner; tanneres craft, the trade of tanning; tanneres wos, tanning liquor; (b) in surnames; (c) in place names. …

10. trithing n.

22 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An administrative division within the Danelaw comprising one-third of a county, a riding; an administrative division in the Danelaw corresponding in size to three or more hundreds; trithing reve……

11. tup(pe n.

Additional spellings: tuppe
23 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A male sheep, ram; also, a ram's skin [quot. c1450]; tup hed; tup horn; (b) mil. a battering ram; (c) in surnames and place name. …

12. wọ̄de-ward n.

Additional spellings: wodeward
24 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A manorial or royal officer with authority over woodland, a forester, forest keeper; wode-ward wike, = wode-wardship n.; (b) as surname; (c) ?in place name. …

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