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21. rag(e-man n.

Additional spellings: ragman, rage-man, rageman
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(a) An accuser; the title of the statute of Edward I appointing justices to hear and determine certain specified offenses by the king's officials and others during the twenty-five years prior to…

22. rāsen v.(1)

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(a) To scrape (sth.); also, shave (sb., somebody's crown); (b) to make erasures; erase (writing, a passage of writing, etc.); scrape (a page, book) clean; emend (a document) by erasure; rasen awei

23. reperīble adj.

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Discoverable, to be found.

24. rīde n.(2)

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A hinge or the strap of a hinge.

25. rīnocephales n. plural

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Fire-breathing monsters.

26. rolle n.

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(a) A scroll; a scroll with its contained text; a roll of prayers [quot.: 1454]; (b) a roll used in the game of rage-man [see rage-man n.3.(b)]; rage-man rolle; (c) rolle of wacche, a scroll on which…

27. rollen v.(1)

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(a) To record (a deed, title, etc.) in an official roll or register; also in fig. context; (b) to list (a person's name) on a roster or muster roll; record (sb.) as (sth.), acknowledge; rollen with

28. ruffīne adj.

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Reddish.

29. sai n.(2)

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Silk; sai worm, the silkworm (Bombyx mori).

30. sā̆k-abor n.

Additional spellings: sakabor
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(a) A prosecutor in an action for theft; (b) a surety paid for the right to prosecute an action.

31. santa n.

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A female saint.

32. scauāǧe n.

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A custom levied on goods displayed for sale within the precincts of London.

33. scauāǧer n.

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A city official charged originally with the collection of scauage, later with the inspection and maintenance of the streets.

34. scratten v.

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(a) To scratch (sb., the face, etc.) with the nails; ppl. scratted, scratched (by thorns, etc.); (b) to scratch with the nails; (c) in surname.

35. self-ō̆de n.

Additional spellings: selfode
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(a) ?A separate holding, perh. split off from the unified villein's holding; (b) an occupant of such a holding, one of a class of tenant named in records from Northumberland and Cumberland, app. one…

36. sē̆mibrẹ̄̆fe n.

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Mus. A semibreve.

37. shavaldrī n.

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Some kind of base or ignominious behavior; ?also, plundering [2nd quot.].

38. shrīden v.

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(a) To clothe (sb., oneself), dress; -- also without obj.; provide (sb.) with clothing; cover (one's skin, the genitals, etc.); also fig.; also, provide (sb. with a bed); (b) ppl. shrid, clothed…

39. sī̆chet n.

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(a) A small stream; ?also as place name [last quot.]; (b) as surname.

40. sinodā̆l n.

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(a) ?The dues paid to an archdeacon; (b) a decree made by a synod or council.