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borsholder
borsholder Obs. exc. Hist. (ˈbɔːshəʊldə(r)) Also 6 borsolder, 6–8 bosholder, 7 bursholder, 9 in historical writers bors-, borhs-ealdor. [The spelling borghesaldre in the AF. Statutes of the Realm (I. 223) points to OE. *borᵹes aldor, f. borᵹes, gen. case of borh (borrow n. 3) + alder n.2 Not connect... Oxford English Dictionary
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bosholder
bosholder obs. form of borsholder. Oxford English Dictionary
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Tithing
borough (not to be confused with borough in its more usual sense of a chartered or privileged town); their equivalent to the tithingman was therefore a borsholder wikipedia.org
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borhs-ealdor
borhs-ealdor variant of borsholder. Oxford English Dictionary
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Wateringbury
Chart was in the area now called Pizien Well and a mace called the Dumb Borsholder, now hanging in the Church, is associated with this manor. wikipedia.org
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borrow-head
† borrow-head1 Obs. exc. Hist. (ˈbɒrəʊhɛd) [f. borrow n. 3 + head; cf. borsholder. The fuller form friðborhheved occurs in the (Latin) Laws of Edward the Confessor xx. Writers from the 16th c. onwards have often confounded borrow n. 3 with borough; hence the incorrect form borough-head, commonly ado... Oxford English Dictionary
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borough-holder
borough-holder (ˈbʌrəˌhəʊldə(r)) [f. borough + holder.] In certain Yorkshire boroughs: A person who holds property by burgage tenure: see borough 4. Modern dictionaries explain the word as = borsholder; possibly this is the meaning in quot. 1738.1712 Lond. Gaz. No. 5036/3 The humble Address of the M... Oxford English Dictionary
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thridborrow
ˈthirdborough, ˈthridborrow Obs. exc. Hist. Also 5–6 (7–8) thrid-, 6 thred-, thur-, thar-, 6–7 therd-; 5 -borro, 6 -bourogh(e, -borow(e, 6–7 -barow(e, -barrow, 7 -borrow, -bearer. [In 15th c. thridborro, 16th c. thridborowe, later third-borow; and with both elements variously corrupted. Early eviden... Oxford English Dictionary
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borrow
▪ I. ˈborrow, n. Obs. exc. Hist. with the exception of sense 5. Forms: 1 borᵹ, 1–3 borh, 2–4 borȝ, (3 barh), 3–4 boru, borewe, 4 borou, Sc. borwch, (bourgh), 4–5 borwe, 4–7 borow(e, borgh(e, 5 Sc. borch(e, (brugh, borough), 6 boro, borge, (Sc. broche), 6–7 borrowe, 6–7, 9 borrow, (9 Hist. borh, borc... Oxford English Dictionary
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decener
† ˈdecener Obs. Forms: 6 decenier, disener, 7 deciner, -or, 7–8 decenner. [a. AngloFr. decener = OF. decenier, mod.F. dixenier, dizenier, dizainier, in med.L. decēnārius (improp. decennārius), f. decēna, in OF. dizeine, -aine, Pr. desena, Sp. decena, a group of ten, a tithing.] 1. One in command of ... Oxford English Dictionary
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headborough
headborough (ˈhɛdˌbʌrə) Forms: 5 -borwe, 5–7 -borow, 6–7 -borowe, -boroughe, 7 -burrowe, -burrough, 8 -bourg, 6– -borough. Originally, the head of a friðborh, tithing, or frank-pledge (see borrow n. 3); afterwards a parish officer identical in functions with the petty constable; = borrowhead, borsho... Oxford English Dictionary
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tithingman
tithingman1 (ˈtaɪðɪŋmæn) [f. tithing n. 3 + man n.1] a. Anciently, The chief man of a tithing (n. 3), a headborough; in later use, a parish peace-officer, or petty constable (constable 5 c). Now Hist.946–c 961 Laws of Edgar c. 2 Cyðe hit man ðam hundredesmen, & he syððan ðam teoðingmannum. 1432 Roll... Oxford English Dictionary
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dumb
▪ I. dumb, a. (n.) (dʌm) Forms: 1– dumb; also 3–5 doumb(e, 3–6 domm(e, (4 doum, doump), 4–7 domb(e, dumbe, 5 doom, dowmb(e, dowm(e, dume, 5–6 dome, 5–7 dum, dumm(e. [A Com. Teut. adj.: OE. dumb = OS. dumb (MDu. domp, dom, Du. dom, LG. dum), OHG. tumb, tump (MHG. tump, tum, early mod.G. thumb, mod.G.... Oxford English Dictionary
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constable
constable (ˈkʌnstəb(ə)l, ˈkɒn-) Forms: 3 cunestable, 4–6 conestable, 4–7 cunstable, 5 connestable, constabyle, -bylle, -bill, cunstabylle, konstabel, 5–6 constabulle, cunstabulle, 6 connestabul, connistable, 7 conistable, 3– constable. [ME., a. OF. cunestable, conestable (mod.F. connétable = Pr. con... Oxford English Dictionary
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dean
▪ I. dean1 (diːn) Forms: 4–5 dene, deen(e, den, 5 deyn(e (dyen), 6 Sc. dane, 5–7 deane, 7– dean. [ME. deen, dēn, a. OF. deien, dien. mod.F. doyen = Sp. and It. decano, Pg. deão, Cat. degá:—L. decān-um one set over ten (cf. Exod. xviii. 21 Vulg.), also Gr. δεκᾱνός, explained from δέκα, dec-em ten. Wh... Oxford English Dictionary
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