sithcundman

Noun

sithcundman (plural sithcundmen)

1. (historical) A gesith.
   • […]the author has suggested, for the first time, so far as we know, but with great probability, that these sithcundmen, sixhyndmen, or lesser thanes, are the same tenants as in Domesday are denominated sokemen, holding freely of a lord, and bound by the general obligation of the Anglo-Saxon polity...1832 July, “The Rise and Progress of the English Commonwealth. Anglo-Saxon Period; containing the Anglo-Saxon Policy, and the Institutions arising out of Laws and Usages which prevailed before the...
   • The Eorls constituted the nobility of the land, and were subdivided into two orders, the Hlafords or land-owners, and the Sithcundmen, who were nobles by birth, but less wealthy than the hlafords. To this class, too, belonged the Thanes, who originally were those to whom land was granted, as a...1866, William C. Pearce, Samuel Hague, “Saxon and Danish Period”, in Analysis of English History. A Text-Book for Colleges and Schools., London: Thos. Murby, […], pages 18–19
2. (broadly) The oldest inhabitant of a settlement.