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sithcundmen

sithcundmen is the plural of sithcundman.

Meaning of 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...
  2. (broadly) The oldest inhabitant of a settlement.

Questions about sithcundmen

What is sithcundmen the plural of?
Sithcundmen is the plural of sithcundman.

Words near sithcundmen in the dictionary

  1. sitfasts
  2. Sitges
  3. sith
  4. sithcund
  5. sithcundman
  6. sithcundmen
  7. sithe
  8. sithed
  9. sithee
  10. sitheman
  11. sithemen

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