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base estate

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noun

Old English Law.

an estate held from a lord on the condition of performing some service, especially service of a demeaning nature.

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But Starkad would rather be tortured by grievous wounds than use the service of a man of base estate, and first asked his birth and calling.

From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Saxo, Grammaticus

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