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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.  gærs-irþ gafol-yrþ.
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