eorlcundman
eorlcundman noun: a kinsman of an Anglo-Saxon eorl.
Noun
eorlcundman (plural eorlcundmen)
- A kinsman of an Anglo-Saxon eorl.
- The eorlcundman was generally, though not necessarily, a freeholder;1848, Henry Hallam, Supplemental Notes to the View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages, London: John Murray, pages 208–209
- The eorlcundman is worth his high wergild even if he be landless: the ceorl may attain to thegn-right and yet his children to the third generation will not be gesithcund.1874, William Stubbs, The Constitutional History of England in Its Origin and Development, volume I, Oxford: at the Clarendon Press
Forms of eorlcundman
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Origin of eorlcundman
Learned borrowing from Old English eorlcund manna.
Questions about eorlcundman
- What does eorlcundman mean?
- Eorlcundman means a kinsman of an Anglo-Saxon eorl.
- What part of speech is eorlcundman?
- Eorlcundman is a noun.
- What is the plural of eorlcundman?
- The plural of eorlcundman is eorlcundmen.
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