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English
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.
Noun
gebur (plural geburs)
- (historical) In Anglo-Saxon law, the owner of an allotment or yard-land, usually consisting of 30 acres; a villein.
Anagrams
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gabūr, from *ga- + Proto-Germanic *būraz.
Equivalent to ġe- + būr (“a farmer, bower”). Cognate with Old Saxon gibūr (Dutch boer), Old High German gibūr.
Pronunciation
Noun
ġebūr m
- inhabitant; farmer, husbandman
Declension
Declension of ġebūr (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
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