Etymology

faldage

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Today it means: A privilege of setting up, and moving about, sheepfolds, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them or to keep others' cattle therein. This privilege was often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor. Full definition →

Latin faldagium ← Old English fald
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  1. Old English · derived fromfald
  2. Latin · derived fromfaldagium
  3. English todayfaldage

From Latin faldagium, from Old English fald (whence English fold). Compare foldage.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishfald all →

fold

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