Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wardcorn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ward-corn
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A payment of corn to be offered in commutation of military service.

British usage; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"And that the aforesaid Abbess and convent and their successors, and all tenants, residents, and non-residents, and other residents aforesaid, […] be quit through our entire realm of England of all pannage, lestage, […] and of treasure to be drawn away, and of wardpeny, wardcorne, averpeny, hundredpeny, […] and of all such custom"
"and from a rent called wardcorn one quarter, three bushels of barley worth fifteen shillings per year, at the value of five pence the bushel."
"The additional payment of grain as ‘wardcorn’ is a local peculiarity, and refers to some ancient military responsibilty^([sic]) upon the vill[agers]."

Etymology

From ward + corn.

Usage

Questions

What does wardcorn mean?: A payment of corn to be offered in commutation of military service.
Where does wardcorn come from?: From ward + corn.

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