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1. kinges wort n.

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Prob. the dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus); ?some kind of marjoram.

2. tǒun-man n.

Additional spellings: tounman
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(a) A villein or tenant farmer; (b) a town-dweller; (c) toun-man scot, a tax of some sort; (d) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem.2.198].

3. tǒun n.

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(a) A populated area having some degree of local government and usu. fortifications or other means of local defense, a municipality, a town or city; also, a metropolis; (b) a small settlement, hamlet…

4. litton(e n.

Additional spellings: littone
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Graveyard, churchyard; chirche litton, q.v.

5. cafer-tūn n.

Additional spellings: cafertun
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A vestibule or entrance hall.

6. tǒun-cresse n.

Additional spellings: touncresse
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Garden cress (Lepidium sativum);—freq. used in medicinal or cooking recipes, sometimes pl.; toun-cresse(s sed.

7. tun-họ̄ve n.

Additional spellings: tunhove
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Ground ivy (Nepeta glechoma or Glechoma hederacea).

8. tūnik n.

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?A tune, melody.

9. leigh-tǒun n.

Additional spellings: leightoun
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(a) A garden; esp. a kitchen garden, herb garden; leigh-toun cresse, cress grown in a kitchen garden; (b) leigh-toun ward, a gardener; (c) in surname and place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.18].

10. tūn(e n.

Additional spellings: tune
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(a) A musical sound; an individual musical tone or note produced by the human voice, an animal or a bird, a musical instrument, etc.; (b) a rhythmical succession of musical sounds forming a melody, a…