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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In this way the free ceorl of Anglo-Saxon times gradually becomes the 'villanus' of Domesday.
From A Short History of English Agriculture by Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts)
As they were resting in the thatched cottage of a ceorl, there came through the village one riding hotly on a palfrey.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
The long insecurity of a century of warfare drove the ceorl, the free tiller of the soil, to seek protection more and more from the thegn beside him.
From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by Green, John Richard
"They dared to say," replied the ceorl who had before spoken, "they had the sanction of the king."
From Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)
From forest and field came in ceorl and theow, hanging up their weapons or agricultural implements around the lower end of the hall.
From Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)
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