folkland

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noun

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.

OriginOld English folcland →
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Meanings

nounfolkland (countable and uncountable, plural folklands)

plural folklands

  1. UKcountablehistoricaluncountablelawLand 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.

    The folkland, the national fund, was administered and conveyed conjointly by the king and the witan.

    1889, Hannis Taylor, The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution

Origin

  1. Old Englishfolcland
  2. Englishfolkland

From Old English folcland. By surface analysis, folk + land.

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Anagrams

landfolk
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Chicago

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