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l. 1186 _skete skarmoch_, _skelt_, brisk skirmish, hastened (came on

quickly).

1190 _brutage_ = _bretage_, parapets of a wall.

1202 _blench_, stratagem.

1205 _at-wappe_, escape.

1206 _skelt_, spread.

1208 _ruþed_, roused.

1209 _hard hattes_, (?) hats made of tow; _herd_, _hard_ (_harden_,

_hards_), in O. English signify cloth made of tow.

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