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3. 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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4. gọ̄me, gom(m)e n.(3)
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gomme
27 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The flesh surrounding the teeth, gums; -- also sg.; (b) the insides of the mouth; palate, upper throat, etc.; (c) the jaws; whetten gomes, to whet the jaws, beat one's gums; (d) molars.
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12. rōd-knight n.
Additional spellings:
rodknight
7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A vassal owing the service of riding in his lord's retinue; (b) ?a piece of property for which such service is owed; (c) as surname.
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13. saughtnesse n.
20 quotations in 1 sense
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Reconciliation, peace, accord; to saughtnesse, as a settlement, for reconciliation.
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31. wā̆pen-tā̆ke n.
Additional spellings:
wapentake
31 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) An administrative division of certain counties, all within the Danelaw, corresponding to the hundred;
(b) in names of specific wapentakes.
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34. wọ̄de-leie n.
Additional spellings:
wodeleie
17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) ?A woodland glade or clearing; under wode-leie, in the woods, under cover of woods
(b) a secluded grove as a place for furtive or illicit pleasures;—used in proverbs and prov. expressions;
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