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ceorl
[ chey-awrl ]
ceorl
/ tʃɛəl /
noun
- a freeman of the lowest class in Anglo-Saxon England
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Derived Forms
- ˈceorlish, adjective
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Other Words From
- ceorlish adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ceorl1
before 1000; this form borrowed (17th century) < Old English
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ceorl1
Old English; see churl
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Example Sentences
The Teutonic race had a myth which explained the origin of the classes eorl, ceorl and thrall (earl, churl and slave).
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It was the 'ceorl' who lived on 'gafol land,' 172 and to pay gafol was to do service, though of a limited kind.
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The ceorl obtains the thegnly wergild if he has an estate rated for military purposes at five hides.
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This status seems to be hereditary; the thegns sons are dearer born than are the sons of the ceorl.
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If the bishop often insisted on the letter of this severe rule, he must have reduced many a free ceorl to beggary.
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