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1. self-ō̆de n.

Additional spellings: selfode
7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) ?A separate holding, perh. split off from the unified villein's holding; (b) an occupant of such a holding, one of a class of tenant named in records from Northumberland and Cumberland, app. one…

2. skẹ̄ling(e n.

Additional spellings: skelinge
4 quotations in 1 sense
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An outbuilding; a shed, lean-to.

3. wau(e n.

Additional spellings: waue
61 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A wave of water, esp. in the sea; ?also, a current; gon in wawes, to become tempestuous (b) pl. the sea, seen as a collection of individual waves; (c) used metonymically: the sea; water; wau of