gebur

gebur

English Noun

Definition

In Anglo-Saxon law, the owner of an allotment or yard-land, usually consisting of 30 acres; a villein.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English ġebūr (“dweller, husbandman, farmer, countryman, boor”), from Proto-West Germanic *gabūr, from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *būraz (“house, room, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to swell, wax, grow”). More at bower, boor.