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1. ball, n.1 View full entry 1166
...A rounded hill, a knoll. Now Eng. regional (south-west.)....
2. bar, n.1 View full entry c1175
...gen. A straight piece of wood, metal, or other rigid material, long in proportion to its thickness....
3. baron, n. View full entry a1200
...Hist. Originally, one who held, by military or other honourable service, from the king or other superior; afterwards restricted to the former or king's barons, and at length mostly...
4. bidding, n. View full entry c1175
...The offering of a price for an article; a bid....
5. bloodwite, n. View full entry lOE
...Feudal Law. A fine payable for the offence of shedding blood; (also) a legal action for this offence; (occas.) †the offence itself (obs.). Also: the right of levying this...
6. † ˈburghal-ˌpenny, n. View full entry c1177
...A municipal tax of some kind; in ancient charters certain monasteries are exempted from paying it....
7. charity, n. View full entry 1154
...Christian love: a word representing caritas of the Vulgate, as a frequent rendering of ἀγάπη in N.T. Greek. With various applications: as...
8. chequer | checker, n.1 View full entry 1178
...A chess-board; a square board divided into 64 small squares, coloured alternately dark and light. Obs....
9. cony | coney, n. View full entry a1200
...A rabbit: formerly the proper and ordinary name, but now superseded in general use by rabbit, which was originally a name for the young only....
10. council, n. View full entry 1125
...generally. An assembly called together for any purpose; a convocation or congregation. Obs....
11. fastening, n. View full entry c1175
...The action of fasten in various senses....
12. feeling, n. View full entry c1175
...The action of feel in various senses; an instance of the same. Chiefly gerundial....
13. fruit, n. View full entry c1175
...Vegetable products in general, that are fit to be used as food by men and animals. Now usually in pl. Also fruits of the earth or the....
14. gift, n.1 View full entry c1175
...The action of giving, an instance of the same; a giving, bestowal. of gift: as a gift, gratuitously, for nothing; also of free gift. (I would not...
15. grace, n. View full entry c1175
...The quality of producing favourable impressions; attractiveness, charm. Now usually with more restricted application: The attractiveness or charm belonging to elegance of proportions, or (especially) ease and refinement of movement, action, or...
16. Hanse, n. View full entry a1135
...A company or guild of merchants in former times; an association of merchants trading with foreign parts; the merchant guild of a town; also, the privileges and monopolies possessed by it; sometimes,...
17. harbour | harbor, n.1 View full entry c1150
...Shelter, lodging, entertainment: sojourn, abode....
18. hidage, n. View full entry a1195
...A tax payable to the royal exchequer, assessed at a certain quota for each hide of land....
19. Jew, n. View full entry c1175
...A person of Hebrew descent; one whose religion is Judaism; an Israelite. ...
20. John, n. View full entry c1175
...A masculine Christian name, that of John the Baptist and John the Evangelist; hence from early Middle English times one of the commonest in England....
