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21. bernak(e n.

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

22. 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. …

23. billet n.(1)

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

24. ?bin-heie n.

Additional spellings: binheie
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An enclosure, pen. …

25. bito(u)r n.

Additional spellings: bitour
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The European bittern Botaurus stellaris. …

26. 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. …

27. 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]. …

28. 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. …

29. 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……

30. 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. …

31. 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……

32. burrok n.

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A kind of fish-trap. …

33. būsāǧium n.

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A manorial rent exacted for a tenant's cattle. …

34. 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……

35. champartīe n.

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

36. chaumi n.

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Straw, stubble. …

37. chemināǧe n.

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A toll paid to the forester for entering or passing through a forest. [See Neilson Cust.Rents in OSSLH 2 143.] …

38. cherset n.

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A customary rent paid in grain or chickens for the support of the (parish) church, usually at Martinmas (Nov.11). [See Neilson Cust.Rents in OSSLH 2 193-6.] …

39. chevāǧe n.

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A tax paid annually to a superior, as by a villein to his lord; head-tax. [See Homans, E.Villagers 229; Cust.Rent in OSSLH 2 p.2.] …

40. cōartūre n.

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Coercion. …

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