gebur

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noun

In Anglo-Saxon law, the owner of an allotment or yard-land, usually consisting of 30 acres; a villein.

OriginOld English ġebūr ← Proto-West Germanic *gabūr ← Proto-Germanic *ga- →
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Meanings

noungebur (plural geburs)

plural geburs

  1. historicalIn Anglo-Saxon law, the owner of an allotment or yard-land, usually consisting of 30 acres; a villein.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰew-“to swell, wax, grow”
  2. Proto-Germanic*ga-
  3. Proto-West Germanic*gabūr
  4. Old Englishġebūr“dweller, husbandman, farmer, countryman, boor”
  5. Englishgebur

Learned borrowing from Old English ġebūr (“dweller, husbandman, farmer, countryman, boor”), from Proto-West Germanic *gabūr, from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *būraz (“house, room, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to swell, wax, grow”). More at bower, boor.

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APA

gebur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gebur

MLA

“gebur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gebur. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gebur,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gebur.

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