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1. alehouse, n. View full entry lOE
...A house or other premises where ale is sold; a public house, a tavern....
2. † ˈeven-ˈChristian, n. View full entry ?c1100
...A fellow-Christian....
3. † ˈfrithborh, n. View full entry a1200
...The Old English name for frank-pledge...
4. hallmote | halmote, n. View full entry 1101
...The court of the lord of a manor, held in the hall; a court-baron....
5. † ˈhamfare, n. View full entry a1135
...= hamesucken1....
6. Holy Thursday, n. View full entry lOE
...Thursday in Rogation Week, Ascension Day....
7. kirk scot, n. View full entry a1200
...= church scot...
8. † meatship, n. View full entry lOE
...Eating; a meal, esp. a feast or banquet....
9. naam, n. View full entry lOE
...The act of taking another's goods by way of distraint; goods or chattels taken in this way. Cf. withernam...
10. † ofreach, v. View full entry lOE
...trans. To obtain; to reach, extend to; to touch; to arrive at....
11. † ofsake, v. View full entry lOE
...trans. and intr. To deny....
12. † overwield, v. View full entry lOE
...trans. To get the better of, gain mastery over; to overcome or subdue....
13. plot, n. View full entry lOE
...A fairly small piece of ground, esp. one used for a specified purpose, such as building or gardening, etc. Cf. plat1. Also fig....
14. plough | plow, n.1 View full entry lOE
...In northern and eastern areas of England and Scotland: the name given to a unit of land capable of being tilled by a team of oxen in a year; = ploughland...
15. press, n.1 View full entry lOE
...A device for compressing, flattening, giving a denser consistency to, holding, or shaping a substance by exerting pressure. Freq. with modifying word indicating the purpose of the instrument, the thing pressed, or...
16. riddle, n.2 View full entry lOE
...A coarse-meshed sieve, used to separate sand from gravel, ashes from cinders, etc., generally consisting of a circular rim with a base formed of strong wires crossing each other at right angles....
17. ˈtenmantale | tenmentale, n. View full entry 1130-35
...According to the ‘Laws of Edward the Confessor’, the contemporary Yorkshire (or ? general Danelaw) name of the Anglo-Saxon tithing (tithing), and also of the friþborh or ...