different between villeinage vs folkland

villeinage

English

Alternative forms

  • villainage
  • villanage
  • villenage

Etymology

villein +? -age

Noun

villeinage (countable and uncountable, plural villeinages)

  1. The state of being a villein.
  2. A feudal system involving villeins; serfdom.

Translations

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folkland

English

Etymology

From Old English folcland. Equivalent to folk +? land.

Noun

folkland (countable and uncountable, plural folklands)

  1. (law, historical, Britain) Land held in villeinage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and taken back at his discretion.
    • 1889, Hannis Taylor, The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution
      The folkland, the national fund, was administered and conveyed conjointly by the king and the witan.

Related terms

  • bookland

References

  • folkland in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

  • landfolk

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