folkland

English

noun
Definitions
  • (legal) 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.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English folcland compound from English folk (folk music) + English land (real estate, urine).

Origin

English

land

Gloss

real estate, urine

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

尿

Emoji

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