单词 | ceorl |
释义 | ceorln. the Old English original of churl n.; often retained by historical writers, to avoid the associations of the later form: An Old English freeman of the lowest class, opposed on one side to a thane or nobleman, on the other to the servile classes. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific ranks of common people > [noun] > person of lowest freeman class ceorla1000 churla1000 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > [noun] > freeman or not slave > of the lowest class ceorla1000 churla1000 a1000 Laws of Eth. vii. 21 in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. I. 334 We witan ðæt þurh Godes gyfe, þræl wearþ to þegene, and ceorl wearþ to eorle. 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. ii. 4/1 Ceorle or Churle, of their Yeomanly condition. 1650 C. Elderfield Civil Right Tythes 85 Every ceorle or husbandman. 1735 Visct. Bolingbroke Diss. upon Parties (ed. 2) 193 The Ceorles were Freemen to all Intents and Purposes. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. I. App. i. 95 If the person killed be a clown or ceorle. 1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire iv. 57 In England all who did not become thanes were classed as ceorls. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iii. 104 The Ceorl was..sinking into the Villain. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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