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gafol-irþ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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gafol-irþ, e; f.
The ploughing by the gebúr and the sowing from his own barn of a certain portion of the lord's land and the reaping and carrying of the crop to the lord's barn by way of rent
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  • His (

    the

    gebúr) gauolyrde .iii. æceras erige and sáwe of his áganum berne,
      Ll. Th. i. 434, 18.
  • Cf. Þa gerihta þæ ðá ceorlas sculan dón tó Hysseburnan ... .iii. æceras geerian on heora ágenre hwíle and mid heora ágenan sǽde gesáwan, and on heora ágenre hwíle on bærene gebringan,

      Cht. Th. 144, 28-38.
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v.  gafol-yrþ.
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