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- Old English · inherited fromfolcland
- English todayfolkland
From Old English folcland. By surface analysis, folk + land.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
folkland
Today it means: Land held in villeinage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and taken back at his discretion. Full definition →
Old English folcland