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1. accord, v. View full entry lOE
...trans....
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. 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...
5. boon, n.1 View full entry c1175
...A prayer, petition, entreaty, request. Obs....
6. breaker, n.1 View full entry c1175
...One who breaks, crushes, or destroys; so breaker off, etc.; and with defining n. as housebreaker, ship-breaker, etc., q.v....
7. † ˈburghal-ˌpenny, n. View full entry c1177
...A municipal tax of some kind; in ancient charters certain monasteries are exempted from paying it....
8. † ˈbyrthynsak, n. View full entry ?1177
...(See quots.)...
9. 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....
10. † childwite, n. View full entry 1194
...A fine paid to the lord for getting one of his bondwomen with child....
11. conquest, n. View full entry ?c1150
...The action of gaining by force of arms; acquisition by war; subjugation of a country, etc. Old Frenchconqueste....
12. ˈconveth, n. View full entry 1127
...One of the burdens upon land in Scotland under the Celtic kings: see quot. 1880. ...
13. court, n.1 View full entry 1154
...A clear space enclosed by walls or surrounded by buildings; a yard, a court-yard; e.g. that surrounding a castle, or that left for the sake of light, etc. in the...
14. Domesday, n. View full entry 1178
...A Middle English spelling of doomsday, day of judgement, now commonly used as a historical term....
15. ˈdoomsman, n. View full entry a1200
...A judge, deemster....
16. † foreˈspeaker, n. View full entry c1175
...One who speaks for another; an advocate. (The later examples are Sc.)...
17. † ˈfrank-ˌmarriage, n. View full entry c1150
...A tenure in virtue of which a man and his wife held lands granted to them by the father or other near relative of the wife, the estate being heritable to the...
18. † ˈfrithborh, n. View full entry a1200
...The Old English name for frank-pledge...
19. 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....
20. 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...
