(a) Anything given to relieve those in poverty or distress, any charitable gift or offering, alms; an allotment of alms; eten almes, be dependent on alms; gan on almes, liven bi, of almes, live on……
(a) An arrow [a slender wooden shaft, with metal point of various design, usually feathered at the butt, and shot from a bow; cp. quarrel bolt, shot from a crossbow]; brod arwe, hoked arwe, an arrow……
(a) The bar or shaft on which the wheels of a cart turn, an axle; (b) axel man, workman who makes axles or fits them to the wheels; axel nail, a nail or pin used to hold a wheel on an axle.
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(a) A round body; sphere, globe, orb; turnen as a bal, to turn as does Fortune's ball; (b) the orb borne together with a scepter as an emblem of sovereignty; (c) a rounded protuberance or boss for……
A dwelling; farm, village, town; bi-milne, town mill. [Common in place names and field names of the East Midland and the North (the Danelaw). See A. H. Smith PNElem. 1.66, & the thorp, by, tun map in……
