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  • nonæ:—ninth part, paid to the church by church tenants.
  • nonagium:— ninth part of moveable goods paid at death to the clergy.
  • nonna:—a nun.
  • nonneria:—a nunnery.
  • nonnus:—word used by young monks when addressing elders.
  • nonsecta:—a non-suit.
  • nontenura:—nontenure.
  • Norayenus:—Norwegian.
  • Northintus:—Northern region.
  • nota:—a note; a memorandum.
  • notarius:—a notary; a scrivener.
  • notegeldum, noutegildum:—payment for beasts on common pasture. The same as cornagium.
  • novatl:—newly tilled land.
  • novercare:—to behave like a stepmother.
  • novitius:—a novice.
  • numncins:—a tollman.
  • numeralia:—beads.
  • numerator:—a teller.
  • nummata:—a pennyweight; nummata terrce is the same as denariata; price.
  • nummosus:—rich.
  • nummus:—a penny.
  • nuncius:—an apparitor; a sergeant; a beadle.
  • nundinæ:—a fair, or tournament.
  • nunna:—a nun.
  • nutriciaria:—a nursery.
  • nutrius:—a foster child.

O.

  • obaudire:—to disregard; also to obey.
  • obbatus:—a jugful.
  • obediencia:—any office in a monastery; a rent.
  • obedientialis, obedientiarius:—an inferior officer in a convent; an advocate of a convent.
  • obgrunnire:—to murmur at.
  • obiculum:—a chace at tennis.
  • obitus:—funeral service, or anniversary of death; obit.
  • oblata:—an offering; a gift; a wafer; the Eucharistic bread. See obolata.
  • obligar:—a garter.
  • obligatorium:—obligation; a bond.
  • obnoxius:—sometimes used for obnixus.
  • obolata:—a halfpenny worth; a measure of land varying from half an acre to half a perch.
  • obolus:—a halfpenny.
  • obrizus:—pure, of metals.
  • obsella:—a coffer (?).
  • obstaculum:—a tribute.
  • obstinatus:—deaf.
  • obstupare:—to stop up.
  • obstupatio:—stopping up.
  • obturacio:—filling up; stopping up.
  • obulata. See obolata.
  • obventio:—an offering; tithe; profit.