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gaddum [ME gadde < ON gaddr; cf. goda] 1 metal spike, goad. 1295 in ~is et virgis ad boves ligandos in bovaria emptis MinAc 1090/3 r. 3; 1349 custus carucarum: ‥ in oxbowes et ~is ‥ v d. ob. Ac. Wearmouth 152. 2 ‘gad’, iron rod; b (used as missile). 1257 in ferro et ascero emptis ad iiij carucas ‥ v s. et remanet j gadd’ Crawley 216; 1291 de qualibet centena ~orum aceri venal’, j ob. Pat 110 m. 11; 1298 xvj ~is asserum. ‥ remanent iij ~i asserum (KR Ac 7/6) Doc. Scot. II 321; 1319 v ~is [of iron] Fabr. Exon. 101; 1375 ubi capere solebat pro iiij ~is asseri operandis j d. ‥ cepit pro ij ~is operandis j d. SessPLincs 28; 1387 capiatis de rebus ‥ venalibus ad villam vestram venientibus ‥ de qualibet centena ~orum aceris ‥ j ob. RScot II 87b; 1420 pro ij ~is ferri Ac. Durh. 270; 1442 computant in stulpes, barruris, ‥ ~is de ferro, conductis Analog. Cant. Pilg. 25.  b 1421 lxviij ~is de ferro pro jactura in le †trop[l. topp] (Ac. Foreign 54 G) Sea Terms II 107; 1436 de ~is ferreis pro defensione et jactacione tempore guerre extra les topps diversarum navium et vasorum regis KR Ac 53/5 f. 18v; 1442 de ~is ferri pro defencione et jactacione tempore guerre extra lez toopp’ ‥ navium ‥ regis (KR Ac 53/37 m. 1) Sea Terms II 107. 3 ‘gad’ (Lincs), measure of land based on length of rod. V. et. goda. 1552 unam acram et tres rodas prati in Est Buldoles, unam acram et dim. prati in Smalling ‥ et quinque ~as prati in Hasell Westroddes ‥ in com’ nostro Linc’ Pat 848 m. 13 (Cal. p. 366) .

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