| 单词 | earningland |
| 释义 | > as lemmasearningland earningland n. now historical (in Anglo-Saxon England) land held as recompense for service. ΚΠ OE Charter: Abp. Oswald to Ælfsige (Sawyer 1367) in J. M. Kemble Codex Diplomaticus (1845) III. 259 Þa nam Ealdulf hit and sealde þam þe he wolde to earnignclande. c1275 ( Will of Ketel (Sawyer 1519) in D. Whitelock Anglo-Saxon Wills (1930) 88 Þat erninglond þat Alfwold mine man haueð vnder hande. 1849 J. M. Kemble Saxons in Eng. I. i. xi. 312 Whether land so put out was called earningland, I will not affirm. 1972 H. P. R. Finberg Agrarian Hist. Eng. & Wales I. ii. 510 If the continued need for service was uppermost in his [sc. the lord's] thoughts he might call the man ‘work-worthy’ and describe his holding as ‘work-land’ or ‘earning-land’. 2008 A. Williams World before Domesday Notes 187 The term earningland could encompass tenures other than lænland. < as lemmas |
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