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gebur

gebur noun: in Anglo-Saxon law, the owner of an allotment or yard-land, usually consisting of 30 acres; a villein.

Noun

gebur (plural geburs)

  1. (historical) In Anglo-Saxon law, the owner of an allotment or yard-land, usually consisting of 30 acres; a villein.

Forms of gebur

pluralgeburs

Origin of gebur

Learned borrowing from Old English ġebūr (“dweller, husbandman, farmer, countryman, boor”), from Proto-West Germanic *gabūr, from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *būraz (“house, room, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to swell, wax, grow”). More at bower, boor.

Questions about gebur

What does gebur mean?
Gebur means in Anglo-Saxon law, the owner of an allotment or yard-land, usually consisting of 30 acres; a villein.
What part of speech is gebur?
Gebur is a noun.
What is the plural of gebur?
The plural of gebur is geburs.

Words near gebur in the dictionary

  1. Gebremedhin
  2. Gebres
  3. gebrochts
  4. GEBs
  5. Gebulwangan
  6. gebur
  7. geburs
  8. gecarcinian
  9. gecarcinians
  10. gecarcinid
  11. gecarcinids

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