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telligraphum

telligraphum [CL tellus+graph-, cf. e. g. chirographum], ~ium, description of the boundaries of land (esp. in charter), (also metonym.) charter. 798 ~phia, id est libellos quos a supradictis hominibus D. et O. injuste perceperat (Clovesho) CS 291; 824 (10c) si quis interrogat quare primitivis ~ffis vicisse noluerunt CS 381; 825 hanc ‥ terram ‥ cum propriis et antiquis ~phis ‥ tradiderat (Clovesho) CS 384; 951 sicut legitur in antiquo ~pho libertatis quam rex Offa [contulit] CS 1351; c969 ~phium [AS: boc] quod Ælfredus basileus suis antecessoribus praescripsit dedere CD 1347; c1080 ~fphus V. abbatis Westmonasterii de quadam mansione terre Ch. Westm. 234 rub.; c1097 teligraphus R. Dispensatoris Ib. 488 rub.; ex chartis et ~phis regum Anglorum Flete Westm. 34.

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