ceorl
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of ceorl
before 1000; this form borrowed (17th century) < Old English
Example Sentences
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“To ye both, good dame and gentle maiden, and to thee also, ceorl, for thy kindness,” and he quaffed the horn.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
I see in yon distance the house of a ceorl.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
Scip, ship; cild, child; ceorl, churl; cynn, kin; ceald, cold.
From Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain by Allen, Grant
The ceorl wrapped her in his mantle and lifted her in his arms.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
He had said to himself again and again that her father was right; that the poor ceorl, Giles Winterborne, would never have been able to make such a dainty girl happy.
From The Woodlanders by Hardy, Thomas
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