Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Anglo-Saxon law, the owner of an allotment or yard-land, usually of 30 acres: corresponding to the villein of later times.
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- noun historical In Anglo-Saxon law, the
owner of an allotment or yard-land, usually consisting of 30 acres; avillein .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The _gafolgelda_ or _tributarius_ (tribute-payer) seems to have been a ceorl who possessed at least a hide, while the _gebur_ was without land of his own, and received his outfit as a loan from his lord.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Another type of unfree tenant was the _gebur_, who held a yardland of some thirty or forty acres, which, upon his entrance, was stocked with two oxen, one cow, six sheep, tools and household utensils.
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On the other hand the _gebur_ seems not to have been liable to payments of this kind, presumably because the land which he cultivated formed part of the demesne
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Der Brif ift gegebin zu Erbacb do man zalte von Gots gebur* te druzehin hundert jar darnach in dem achtenund drizigiften jarn des mitwochens uf fant Synmnnd
Subsidia diplomatica ad selecta juris Ecclesiastici Germaniae: et historiarum capita elucidanda ... 1775
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