Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ragman's roll

Ragman's roll (rag"manz rōl`)

[For ragman roll a long list of names, the devil's roll or list; where ragman is of Scand. origin; compare Icelandic ragmenni a craven person, Swedish raggen the devil. Icelandic ragmenni is from ragr cowardly (another form of argr, akin to Anglo-Saxon earg cowardly, vile, German arg bad) + menni (in comp.) man, akin to English man. See Roll, and compare Rigmarole.]

The rolls of deeds on parchment in which the Scottish nobility and gentry subscribed allegiance to Edward I. of England, A. D. 1296.