gebur

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

  • , from Proto-West Germanic *gabūr, from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *būraz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- ("to swell, wax, grow"). More at bower, boor.

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