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Eorlcundman means (historical) A kinsman of an Anglo-Saxon eorl..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(historical) A kinsman of an Anglo-Saxon eorl..
The eorlcundman was generally, though not necessarily, a freeholder;
The eorlcundman is worth his high wergild even if he be landless: the ceorl may attain to thegn-right and yet his children to the third generation will not be gesithcund.
And so, to Inisfallen and Cashel came the sons of the kings and sub-kings of Munster; and the sons of the privileged, although not royal, classes of airigh – the flatha, owners of landed property and counterparts of the eorls or eorlcundmen of later Anglo-Saxon times;
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Eorlcundman means (historical) A kinsman of an Anglo-Saxon eorl..
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The eorlcundman was generally, though not necessarily, a freeholder;
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