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▪ I. wadset, n. Sc. Now obsolescent. (ˈwɒdsɛt) Forms: 5–7 wedset(t, 6–8 wodset(t, 7 waddset, 8 wadsett, 6– wadset. [f. wadset v.] 1. Sc. Law. ‘The conveyance of land in pledge for, or in satisfaction of, a debt or obligation, with a reserved power to the debtor to recover his lands, on payment or pe...
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Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman law
In Anglo-Saxon England, when interest loans were illegal, the main method of securing realty was by wadset (ME wedset
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unwedset
† unˈwedset, ppl. a. Obs. [un-1 8 b. Cf. wadset v.] Not put in pledge.1480 Acta Dom. Conc. (1839) 70/2 Land..fre vnset for termes or for male and vnwedset.
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set
▪ I. set, n.1 (sɛt) Also 4–5 sete, 3–6 sette, (6 seat), 5– (now prevalent in many technical senses) sett. [f. set v.1, partly directly from the vb.-stem, and partly a subst. use of set ppl. a.; the two formations cannot always be distinguished. OE. had set neut., seat (in sing. place of setting of t...
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word
▪ I. word, n. (wɜːd) Forms: 1– word, 1–6 wurd, (3 wored, woerd, weord, wuord, wort), 3–6 werd, 3 (4–6 Sc.) wourd, (4 wrd, 4–6 worde, wurde, Sc. vord(e, vourd, 5 worþ (?)), 4–7 woord (6–7 -e), 5–6 Sc. wird(e. [OE. word str. n. = OFris., OS. word, MDu. wort (Du. woord), OHG., MHG., G. wort, ON. orð (S...
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