† villeiningn.
Obsolete. rare.
= villeinage n.
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villeinagea1325
villeining1471
bondage1651
villein-socage1766
1471 in Archaeol. XLVII. 196 That..ye..paye yerely..the sume of ten marcs according to the terms of th' endentures of Vilenyng between us and the said William.
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