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5. frank-pleǧǧe n.
Additional spellings:
frankplegge
11 quotations in 2 senses
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One of the mutually responsible members of a tithing, etc.
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6. frith-borgh, -borow, -bor n.
Additional spellings:
frithborgh, frith-borow, frithborow, frith-bor, frithbor
9 quotations in 1 sense
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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.
5 quotations in 1 sense
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Liable to the payment of taxes to the English crown; as noun: geld.
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22. sufficience n.
26 quotations in 1 sense
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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……
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……
43. warnestōr(e n.
Additional spellings:
warnestore
17 quotations in 1 sense
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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……