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21. bagge n.(1)

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(a) A bag or sack, with or without its contents; traveling bag, wallet, satchel, pouch; bagge portatif; undo the bagge; (b) a bag as a unit of measure.

22. baselā̆rd n.(1)

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A kind of short straight sword or dagger, in civilian use, worn in a sheath hung from a strap, e.g. at the girdle; baselard knif; in some examples perhaps used loosely of a curved 'hanger.'

23. batel n.

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(a) A charge for provisions; (b) a prebend.

24. berbẹ̄ne n.

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Vervain Verbena officinalis; berbene lef.

25. bernak(e n.

Additional spellings: bernake
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A kind of wild goose; prob., the barnacle goose Branta leucopsis.

26. bille n.

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(a) A formal document (embodying a will, a permit, etc.); fig. a list or inventory; (b) a papal bull.

27. billet n.(1)

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(a) An official register, roll, or record; (b) an official tag or badge of registration or identification.

28. ?bin-heie n.

Additional spellings: binheie
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An enclosure, pen.

29. bito(u)r n.

Additional spellings: bitour
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The European bittern Botaurus stellaris.

30. bondāǧe n.

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(a) The feudal tenure or status of a bonde or bond(eman (q.v.), bondage; holden lond in bondage; (b) a service required of a customary tenant; (c) the class of bondmen and serfs, the unfree.

31. bō̆rd-lō̆nd n.

Additional spellings: bordlond
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Land held by a cottager under the feudal system; ?land held by the lord of the manor to produce food for his table [Bracton].

32. bǒuǧẹ̄ n.(2)

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(a) Sheepskin (as distinct from lambskin), budge, ?trimmed sheepskin; bouge skin; (b) bouge rowe, Furriers' Row; bouge shank, fur from the shank of a sheep.

33. brōkāǧe n.

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(a) Transaction of business, esp. by an agent or intermediary; brokerage; (b) clandestine or dishonest mediation, as by bribery, shady dealing; bribery, a bribe; (c) the offering of a bribe (to an…

34. brōkǒur n.

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(a) A commercial agent, factor, broker, purveyor; also, one who serves as an agent in sordid business; (b) in names; (c) one who buys and sells public offices.

35. burgāǧe n.

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(a) Real estate held directly from the king or a lord, usually with no feudal obligation other than a fixed annual rent in money; a house or land lying within a borough; burgage lond; (b) the tenure…

36. burrok n.

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A kind of fish-trap.

37. būsāǧium n.

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A manorial rent exacted for a tenant's cattle.

38. cedūle n.

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(a) A piece of paper or parchment containing writing; a written document, letter, etc.; (b) a brief document attached to a roll or enclosed in a letter, and usually containing a list of names or bill…

39. champartīe n.

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Law The practice of aiding a litigant for a share of the matter in dispute, champerty.

40. chaumi n.

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Straw, stubble.