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gebur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gebur
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English ġebūr (“dweller, husbandman, farmer, countryman, boor”), from Proto-West Germanic *gabūr, from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *būraz (“house, room, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to swell, wax, grow”). More at bower, boor.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *gabūr, *ga-, *bʰew-

Inflected Forms

geburs (plural)

Questions

What does gebur mean?
In Anglo-Saxon law, the owner of an allotment or yard-land, usually consisting of 30 acres; a villein.
Where does gebur come from?
It is traced to Proto-West Germanic.

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