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ragman (c.1200)

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The form ragement is a cross reference to the following entry:

ragman (c.1200)

rageman,  ragemon,  raggeman  
  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  rageman  DMF: TLF: OED:  Ragman n.1  MED:  rag(e-man n.  DMLBS:  ragemannus 2649c
ls(loanword: M.E. )
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s.

1lawragman, document, charter, etc. with seal attached
( 1376 )  sicome en une lettre faite et sealees [sic] des sealx des plusours seignurs de Bretaigne appellee ragman [...]. De quelle rageman les communes prierent d'avoir la veue en parlement  Rot Parl1 ii 324.21
2lawsealed charter with blank spaces
( c.1335; MS: s.xivm )  furent renduz au dit sire David, ficz et heire le dit sire Robert de Bruys, le roialme d’Escoce ou totes ses droitures, et fraunchises, custumes, et la lettre qe fu appellé ‘ragement’, ové les seales del homage fait au noble roi Edward ael le roi qu'ore est et a sez heires  Anon Chr2 140
( 1399 )  qe toutes les remembrances appellez raggemans ou blanches chartres nadgairs enseallez en la citee de Londres [...]  Rot Parl1 iii 432.93
ragman le bon
gamesdivin.fortune-telling game in which fifty fortune-telling quatrains were written on separate rolls to be selected at random from a string attached
( c.1200 )  Ragemon le bon. Deu vous dorra grant honour E grant joie [...]  Ragemon le Bon p.17

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See also:

rag  raggede  ragston 
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ragement