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folkland

folkland noun: land held in villeinage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and taken back at his discretion.

Noun

folkland (countable and uncountable, plural folklands)

  1. (UK, historical) Land held in villeinage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and taken back at his discretion.
    • The folkland, the national fund, was administered and conveyed conjointly by the king and the witan.1889, Hannis Taylor, The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution

Forms of folkland

pluralfolklands

Origin of folkland

From Old English folcland. By surface analysis, folk + land.

Questions about folkland

What does folkland mean?
Folkland means land held in villeinage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and taken back at his discretion.
What part of speech is folkland?
Folkland is a noun.
What is the plural of folkland?
The plural of folkland is folklands.

Words near folkland in the dictionary

  1. folkish
  2. folkishly
  3. folkishness
  4. folkism
  5. folkisms
  6. folkland
  7. folklands
  8. folklife
  9. folklike
  10. folklives
  11. folklore

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