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duzener (s.xiii3/3)
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duzener (s.xiii3/3)

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doseiner,  doseinour,  dozainer,  dozeyner;  douseiner,  douseinour;  douszeiner  
  FEW:  duodecim *3,182b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  dozener n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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lawdozener, member of a tithing: 
( s.xiii3/3; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  tanqe come les doseyners sount hors pur enquerre sur les articles [...]  Court Bar 96
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  volons qe touz (=the whole population) soint en dizeyne (var. (M: s.xivin) duzeyne; (C: s.xiv1/3) dozein) et pleviz par dizeyners (var. (M: s.xivin) dozeyners; (C: s.xiv1/3) dozainers; (A: s.xiv) douzain)  BRITT i 48
( 1403 )  par son procurment estoit presenté par lez duzeners del dit hundred qe [...]  King’s Bench vii 141
chef duzener
lawhead man of a tithing: 
( s.xiii3/3; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Vous serrez leal homme [...] e serrez justizable a vostre chief douseynour  Court Bar 101
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