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hula, ~us [ME hule] , ‘hile’, shock (of cereals), of variable dimension (cf. J. Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (London, 1902) s. v. hile). b bundle (of other crops). 1225 in eadem villa quidam Lunredus ‥ rectatus est de quodam bove furato . ‥ item de duobus ~is frumenti JustIt 863 r. 6; 1322 xij boves capiunt ‥ per iiijxx et xj dietas de prebenda vj quar. et dim. bussell’ in xxiiij ~is et iiij garbis, capientes per diem iiij garbas et estimatur ~a ad ij bussell’ (Middx) Ext. Alien Pri. 7/18/12; 1325 lij boves ‥ habere debent ad prebendam in garbis ‥ xx quar. ij bussell’ in clxij ~is et j garba Ib. 7/18/13; 1341 avena: ‥ de vj quar. vj bus’ de exitu per estimacionem in xxvij ~is garbarum et ~a est xv garbarum, viz. in ~a ij bus’ (Bucks) MinAc 1120/11 r. 13d. (cf. ib. 1120/11 r. 3d.: avena: ‥ in xxxvj ~is, unde ~a estimatus ad j bus’ dim.).  b 1341 fabe et pis’: ‥ in garbis, sc. in xv ~is, unde ~a estimatur ad j bus’ dim. (Bucks) MinAc 1120/11 r. 4d. (cf. ib. 1120/11 r. 5d.: de xlj quar . ‥ de puls’ ‥ in garbis, viz. in ix hules ‥ unde qualibet [sic]hule respondet per probacionem de j bus’ dim.).

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