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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. būsāǧium n.

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A manorial rent exacted for a tenant's cattle.

4. 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.]

5. collectōrie n.(2)

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The office of the collector (at Calais).

6. dane-gẹ̄ld n.

Additional spellings: danegeld
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A land tax levied by the Norman kings [orig., either by the Anglo-Saxon kings for defense against the 'Danes', or by the 'Danish' rulers as a tribute].

7. Dene-laue n.

Additional spellings: Denelaue
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The law code imposed upon the northern and eastern counties of England by the Danes or Northmen, or the 15 counties so governed; the Danelaw.

8. drengāǧium n.

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A kind of feudal tenure or service.

9. extente n.

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Law Survey, appraisal, or valuation of land or other property for purposes of taxation; (b) assessed value; (c) tax levied on such valuation; also, income from taxes.

10. fer-lot n.

Additional spellings: ferlot
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A measure of capacity for grain, etc.; also, a vessel used to measure a firlot of grain, etc.

11. 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).

12. fǒrere, fōr-ēre n.

Additional spellings: for-ere
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A small strip of plowed land [orig., a strip lying at the end of the field and plowed perpendicularly to the plowing of the rest of the field, a headland].

13. 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).

14. frank-pleǧǧe n.

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

15. 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…

16. ?gẹ̄̆ldāble adj. & n.

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

17. 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…

18. palisēr n.

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A maker of pales or paling, fence-maker.

19. pō̆t-fālda n.

Additional spellings: potfalda
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A payment made for the enfolding of livestock outside the lord's fold.

20. priket n.

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