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1. abneveu n.

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?A great-great grandson or grandnephew.

2. affīe n.

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Reliance, trust; don affie, setten affie, to put (one's) trust (in sb.).

3. Aleman(n)es n. (plural)

Additional spellings: Alemannes
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The Germans, the German nation; also, the Teutons.

4. annulet n.

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(a) a small ring; (b) Med. and anat. the 'cartilage of the windpipe' [Norri]; (c) her. a cadency mark in the shape of a ring.

5. antē̆me n.

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A musical composition based upon a scriptural text, sung in the Church Offices before each psalm and often repeated after the psalm, or after each verse of the psalm [see Karl Young, The Drama of the

6. arblast, -blastē̆r n.

Additional spellings: arblaster
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(a) A weapon for discharging quarrels, stones, etc., consisting of a bow set crosswise on a shaft; a crossbow, an arbalest; (b) a missile shot from a crossbow; arblast shute.

7. aunǧel n.

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One of the celestial servants of God, an angel.

8. autē̆r n.

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(a) The altar of a church; also, the altar placed before the shrine or image of a saint; (b) heigh auter, chef auter, the high altar, the altar on which the Eucharist is offered; sacrement of the

9. avēr n.(2)

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Things owned; possessions, property, wealth; -- coll. or pl.

10. berberie n.

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The fruit of the common barberry Berberis vulgaris.

11. capri-fig(e n.

Additional spellings: caprifig, capri-fige, caprifige
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The wild fig-tree; capri-fig tre.

12. cause n.

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The cause of an effect; source, origin, root.

13. chervel n.

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Chervil Anthriscus cerefolium, used as a pot-herb and in medicaments.

14. circumsta(u)nce n.

Additional spellings: circumstaunce
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(a) A factor conditioning, influencing or contributing to an act or process; (b) specif. an aspect of the situation in which a sin is committed as affecting its seriousness.

15. cirurǧīe n.

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(a) That branch of medical science and practice which is concerned with wounds, fractures, ulcers, etc., that require manual operation; surgery; craft of cirurgie; cirurgie and phisik; (b) a treatise…

16. cǒuntǒur n.(1)

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(a) An accountant; esp., an official who oversees the collecting and auditing of taxes for a shire, a kingdom, etc.; (b) one who calculates, an arithmetician; (c) a pleader in court, a lawyer; (d) as…

17. cǒverlī̆te n.

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A cloth for covering a bed; bedspread, coverlet.

18. cristi-grei n.

Additional spellings: cristigrei
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A gray fur with tufts, or crests, of some kind.

19. ēgre fū n.

Additional spellings: egre fu
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Med. Erysipelas, or similar eruption on the skin; also, a case of erysipelas.

20. exīl n.(2)

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A banished person, an exile.