- gafolbere
- m (-es/-as) barley paid as rent
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
gafolbere
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Gafolbere — Barley paid to a lord as payment of rent. [< OldEngl. gafol = rent, tribute + bere = barley] Cf. Gavel … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Gafol — Tribute, rent, payment to a superior; also interest on money. The word was used also of corn cut and waiting to be formed into a sheaf. Latin forms include gabulum and gavelagium. Cf. Gafolbere; Gavelkind … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Gavel — Tribute, rent, payment to a superior; also interest on money. The word was used also of corn cut and waiting to be formed into a sheaf. Latin forms include gabulum and gavelagium. Cf. Gafolbere; Gavelkind … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
