English
gafolgelder
Gafolgelder comes from Old English gafolgyldere.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150gafolgyldere
- Englishearliest quotation 1883gafolgelder
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150gafolgyldere
- Englishearliest quotation 1883gafolgelder
Earliest quotation: 1883, Frederic Seebohm, Manors and Serfdom under Saxon Rule: “And if the services had stopped here, we might…”
Every English word from Old English gafolgyldere
Today it means
noun An Anglo-Saxon householder who owes rent to the king or his grantees rather than to a private landowner.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English gafolgyldere / gafolgelder