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1. pirling ppl.

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Revolving.

2. rẹ̄nish(e adj.

Additional spellings: renishe
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(a) Strange, uncouth; (b) of an emperor: stern, awful.

3. scopperel n.

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(a) A toy that spins around, a top, whirligig, perh. consisting of a disc of some sort with a pointed peg passed through its center; (b) her. ?a badge in the form of a disc.

4. self-ō̆de n.

Additional spellings: selfode
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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…

5. skẹ̄ling(e n.

Additional spellings: skelinge
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An outbuilding; a shed, lean-to.

6. swagge n.

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A bag, sack.

7. swarlen v.

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To catch (sb. or sth.) in a noose or snare; ppl. suarled, tangled up.

8. wau(e n.

Additional spellings: waue
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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