ceorl
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- ceorlish adjective
Etymology
Origin of ceorl
before 1000; this form borrowed (17th century) < Old English
Example Sentences
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The villein was in a much happier state than the ceorl.
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
As they were resting in the thatched cottage of a ceorl, there came through the village one riding hotly on a palfrey.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
The long insecurity of a century of warfare drove the ceorl, the free tiller of the soil, to seek protection more and more from the thegn beside him.
From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by Green, John Richard
I see in yon distance the house of a ceorl.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
Within the township every freeman or ceorl was equal.
From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by Green, John Richard
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