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182 *agalauda:—a plover, probably a pewit.
 * agalma:—an image on a seal.
 * agaseus:—a gazehound.
 * agellarius:—a hayward; a herdward.
 * agellus:—a hamlet.
 * agenda:—business; the office of the Mass or other service; a priest's daily office.
 * agenfrida:—a lord or owner.
 * agerarius:—a farmer's dog.
 * aggreare se:—to agree.
 * agillarius:—a hay ward or herdward; a keeper of cattle on a common.
 * agisamentum:—a masquerade.
 * agistamentum:—right of pasturage; the sum paid for this right; assignment of it.
 * agistare:—to assign pasturage for cattle, esp. in a forest.
 * agistatce terræ:—lands whose owners are bound to keep up sea walls.
 * agistator:—an agister or gyst taker, an officer who assigns the pasturage in a forest.
 * agistiamentum. See agistamentum.
 * agitatio animalium in foresta:—the drift or view of beasts in the forest.
 * agna:—a gold coin, 14th cent.
 * agnatio:—lambing.
 * agnellatio, agnilatio:—lambing.
 * Agnus Dei:—an oval piece of white wax, stamped with the figure of a lamb, and consecrated.
 * agontea:—a champion (agonista).
 * agreamentum:—agreement.
 * agreare se:—to agree.
 * agredula:—a titmouse.
 * agri:—arable land in the common fields.
 * aimellatus:—enamelled.
 * ainescia:—the right of the eldest. See esnecia.
 * aira:—an eyrie, the nest of an eagle, a falcon, or a swan.
 * aisiamentum, aisimentum:—liberty of passage; easement.
 * aisnecca:—a ship. (A.-S. snacc.)
 * aisya:—convenience.
 * akermannus:—a small farmer. (A.-S. æcer mon.) Their holding was less than that of the viryatarii, but from comparison of rent must have been more than an acre.
 * aketonum:—a haqueton, a gambeson, a padded or quilted tunic.
 * ala:—the aisle of a church.
 * alabastarius:—a croesbowman (arcubalistarius).
 * alabrum:—a reel.
 * alamandina:—a stone coloured like a garnet.
 * alanerarius:—a keeper of dogs (alans) or hawks (lanners).
 * alanus:—a large hound.
 * alatera, alatoria, alatorium, alatura:—a covered way or walk; a piazza.
 * alaudarius:—a hobby hawk (falco subbuteo).