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1. ā̆verāǧe n.

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A service owed by the tenant to his feudal superior [orig. consisting of work performed by the tenant with his draft animals].

2. 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.

3. flẹ̄te n.

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(a) A group of ships; esp. a fleet of warships, a navy; ?a naval expedition; (b) a troop of armed men, an army; (c) ?a set (of fishing nets).

4. 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).

5. frank-pleǧǧe n.

Additional spellings: frankplegge
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One of the mutually responsible members of a tithing, etc.

6. frith-borgh, -borow, -bor n.

Additional spellings: frithborgh, frith-borow, frithborow, frith-bor, frithbor
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(a) An English system of collective surety within a hundred, or some other territorial division, by which a certain number of freemen or villagers (?orig. ten) combined to give security for each other…

7. ?gẹ̄̆ldāble adj. & n.

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Liable to the payment of taxes to the English crown; as noun: geld.

8. last n.(2)

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(a) The load of a ship, cargo; (b) a measure for hides, 200 hides; (c) a measure for wool; prob. 20 sacks; (d) a measure for herrings and other fish, bacon, beer, wine, small cut or shaped stones…

9. priket n.

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(a) The spike of a candlestick, pricket; (b) a candle used with a pricket, a kind of candle.

10. 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

11. scauāǧe n.

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

12. 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.

13. somnen v.

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(a) To urge (sb. to do sth.), invite, call upon; order (sb. to do sth.); -- also with that clause; ben somned, be called upon (to do sth.), be obliged; ben somned to, be invited to (a feast); (b) ?to…

14. spīcerī(e n.

Additional spellings: spicerie
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(a) An aromatic substance; a spice; also fig. [quot. c1400]; coll. spices; also, spice plants; spiceri menginge, blending of aromatic spices; grounden (poudre of) spiceri, ground spices; (b) a spice…

15. squil(le n.(1)

Additional spellings: squille
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(a) A woven basket; ?also, a bucket; (b) a hollow stem or cane.

16. standard n.

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(a) A flag or banner displayed from a pole in battle; also, a pole used to display a military ensign; a figure displayed as a military ensign; standard berere, a standard bearer; standard of treues, a…

17. stik(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: stike
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A measure of quantity for eels, usu. 25; stik ele, ?eels of small size.

18. strai n.

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(a) Law A domestic animal found wandering away from its home or enclosure and subject to impoundment and, if unredeemed, to forfeiture, an estray; -- also coll.; also, the right to impound an estray…

19. strā̆ken v.(2)

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Hunt. (a) To blow one of several prolonged hunting calls on a horn, involving the repetition of notes in various combinations of frequency and length, after the death of a quarry, at the end of a…

20. strandāǧe n.

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A toll or tax paid for leave to beach a boat.

21. strī̆kāǧe n.

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The action of measuring flour or wine by means of a strickle or measuring vessel.

22. sufficience n.

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(a) That which suffices, all that is necessary, enough; an adequate supply of something, sufficient resources; soverain sufficience, abundance; to (unto) sufficience, sufficiently; (b) contentment…

23. tachen v.(1)

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(a) To fasten (sth. to sth.), attach; also fig.;—also without obj.; nail (sb. to a cross or tree); also, sew (sth. to a garment); ppl. tachinge, sticking together, gluey; (b) to tie (a horse to sth.)…

24. taille adj.

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In combs.: estat (fe, stat) taille, an estate or office held in heritable tenure limited to some particular class of heirs; also, an arrangement by which an estate or heritable office is entailed; in

25. taillen v.

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(a) To cut (sth.), trim; ppl. tailled, cut up, sliced; (b) to cut down (an enemy) in battle, cut to pieces, slaughter; also, slash and kill [last quot.]; (c) to set (persons) in order for battle; put…

26. tā̆stǒur n.

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(a) One who perceives something by the sense of taste, a taster; (b) a domestic officer who tastes food to insure its wholesomeness or that it is not poisoned; also, an official who tastes ale to…

27. tille n.(1)

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A locker or similar container for the storage of military gear; also, a casket or similar container.

28. tonnel n.

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(a) A barrel for liquids or solids, cask, tun; tonnel hop; tonnel tre, ?a barrel stave; (b) a net for catching partridges or other birds; (c) ?a chimney shaft; (d) a strainer or colander.

29. touāǧe n.

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The action of towing a vessel.

30. tǒurnement n.

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(a) An exercise in the medieval martial arts, engaged in by knights, usu. mounted, and used to demonstrate prowess or hone skills; (b) a test or demonstration of physical skill;—used of the Olympic…

31. trameis n.

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The spring sowing or plowing; also, spring-sown grain.

32. trappǒur n.

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(a) A ceremonial or military trapping for a horse, made of cloth when primarily decorative and of armor when defensive as well as ornamental;—also coll.; also, pl. the accouterments of a mounted…

33. trithing n.

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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

34. trouel n.(1)

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A hand tool with a flat or curved blade attached to a short handle, a trowel; also, an instrument or a tool of unspecified form and use [chiefly gloss. quots.]; trouel of (a) masoun.

35. tup(pe n.

Additional spellings: tuppe
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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.

36. Turkī(e n.

Additional spellings: Turkie
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(a) The country of the Turks, located vaguely in Anatolia; also, Asia Minor; (b) dep Turki, ?the interior of the Anatolian peninsula; ?error for dep sirtes, one of two deep areas of dangerous sandbars…

37. vernish n.

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One or more kinds of resin or gum, or such held in solution and intended for use as a decorative or protective coating on wood or other material, varnish; ?also, varnish used as a vehicle or mordant…

38. vicā̆rāǧe n.

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(a) The position or office of a parish vicar or a choral vicar in a collegiate church; the benefice held by a parish vicar; perpetuelle vicarage, a vicarage to which a vicar is permanently appointed…

39. vintner n.

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(a) A wine merchant; a vintner; (b) as surname.

40. vitailer n.

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(a) A seller of food or food and drink; a trader in foodstuffs; also, fig. a provider of that which is necessary to sustain life [quot. c1475] (b) one who supplies or tries to supply an armed force…

41. wāferer n.

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(a) A maker or purveyor of wafers; also, a household official responsible for the making or obtaining of wafers; (b) as surname.

42. wareiner n.

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(a) An official appointed to keep watch over the game in a game preserve, a game warden or gamekeeper; ?also, the keeper of a rabbit warren (b) as surname; also in place name [last quot.; see Smith P

43. warnestōr(e n.

Additional spellings: warnestore
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(a) Provisions of foodstuffs, provender; ?also, the action of provisioning [1st quot.]; pl. stores, supplies; in warnestor, in storage, in stock, on hand [last quot.] (b) military supplies, including…

44. wrak n.(1)

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A wrecked ship, shipwreck; ship wrak; toward a wrak, on the verge of being wrecked; gon (ben igone) to wrak, of a ship: to suffer destruction on the water, be wrecked; also in fig. context.