Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

halywercfolk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ha-ly-w-er-c-folk
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In Old English law, tenants who held land by the service of repairing or defending a church or monument, whereby they were exempted from feudal and military services.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"For such persons within the bishopric of Durham as held their lands by the service of defending the corpse of St Cuthbert were called Halywercfolk, and claimed the privilege of not being forced to go out of the bishopric either by the King or Bishop."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English hāliġ (“holy”) + weorc (“work”) + folc (“folk”).

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does halywercfolk mean?: In Old English law, tenants who held land by the service of repairing or defending a church or monument, whereby they were exempted from feudal and military services.
Where does halywercfolk come from?: Learned borrowing from Old English hāliġ (“holy”) + weorc (“work”) + folc (“folk”).

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