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1. Aleman(n)es n. (plural)

Additional spellings: Alemannes
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The Germans, the German nation; also, the Teutons.

2. assẹ̄th n.

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Fulfillment, satisfaction, reparation; maken (don) asseth, give satisfaction: (a) fulfillment of a wish, expectation or requirement; (b) fulfilling of a need; (c) satisfactory answer to a question or…

3. avēr n.(2)

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Things owned; possessions, property, wealth; -- coll. or pl.

4. cartē̆r n.

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(a) The driver of a cart or coach; a carter, coachman; also fig.; (b) carter stable, a stable for cart horses; lavedies carter, ladies' coachman; (c) as personal name.

5. cǒuntǒur n.(1)

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(a) An accountant; esp., an official who oversees the collecting and auditing of taxes for a shire, a kingdom, etc.; (b) one who calculates, an arithmetician; (c) a pleader in court, a lawyer; (d) as…

6. dēcai n.

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Deterioration, decline in value or capacity to produce income; in decai, of land: no longer productive; fallen into decai, gon in decai, to decline in value or productiveness.

7. denīance n.

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Refusal (of a privilege).

8. dēvẹ̄r, -er n.

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don dever [AF faire dever], (a) to do (one's) duty (as a Christian, priest, lord, knight, tenant, official, etc.); (b) to do one's best, do all one can; also, make an effort.

9. fẹ̄ n.(2)

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(a) An estate in land or tenements held in heritable or perpetual tenure to a feudal superior or the crown; fe ferme, knight(es fe, lai fe; (b) a piece of land, or land and tenements, held by such…

10. fọ̄t-avēr n.

Additional spellings: fotaver
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A manorial service: transportation (of produce, etc.) on foot, on one's back (instead of conveyance by a draught or pack animal).

11. gīves n. plural

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(a) Fetters, shackles; esp., leg bonds; also fig.; (b) chains or fastenings used on a ship.

12. nōn-sufficientẹ̄ n.

Additional spellings: nonsufficiente
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Insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency.

13. patinē̆r n.

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A maker of pattens; also, as surname.

14. plā̆sterē̆r n.

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(a) One who plasters the walls of buildings, a plasterer; plasterer craft, a plasterers' guild; (b) as surname.

15. quirrẹ̄ n.(1)

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Hunt. (a) The parts of a deer, usually placed on the animal's hide, which are given to the hounds as a reward for the chase; (b) the ceremony of giving the hounds their reward; (c) the collection of…

16. remenaunt n.

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(a) The rest, remaining part or quantity; the residual portion of an estate; a remaining or reserved portion; also fig.; (b) the remaining part of a story, question, text, law, etc.; a remaining…

17. squiler(e n.

Additional spellings: squilere
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(a) A servant in the scullery, dishwasher; also, an officer in charge of the scullery in a noble household; sergeaunt squiler, the officer in charge of the scullery in a king's household; (b) prive

18. vernā̆ǧelle n.

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A variety of sweet wine, prob. similar to vernage n.