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Ceorl may
refer to any of the following:
Ceorl, a
rider of
Rohan in J.R.R. Tolkien's
fictional world of Middle-earth Churl, a
social rank in Anglo-Saxon...
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status of
slave (þræll, þēow)
contrasts with that of the
freeman (karl,
ceorl) and the
nobleman (jarl, eorl). Look up
thrall in Wiktionary, the free dictionary...
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meaning was "free man". The Old
English descendant of this word was Ċearl or
Ċeorl, as the name of King
Cearl of Mercia, that
disappeared after the Norman...
- for a
ceorl,
incidentally revealing that
ceorls were
required to
serve in the army.
Scholars have
disagreed on the
military value of the
ceorl, but it...
- for a
higher penalty than
robbing a
ceorl. On the
other hand, a
thane who
thieved could pay a
higher fine than a
ceorl who did likewise. Men were willing...
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thegnly woman who
married a
ceorl retained her
noble status. A
successful thegn might hope to be
promoted to earl. A
prosperous ceorl could become a landlord...
- but the word soon came to mean "a non-servile peasant",
still spelled ċeorl(e), and
denoting the
lowest rank of freemen.
According to the
Oxford English...
- an
amount reflected as the
basic fee due for the
death of a
churl (or
ceorl) both in
later Anglo-Saxon and
continental law codes. In the 8th century...
- they had
fought they had lost the war. He and
Ceorl, who once
fought each other,
escaped together -
Ceorl being killed by
pursuing guards but Garivald...
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Cearl (or
Ceorl) was an
early king of
Mercia who
ruled during the
early part of the 7th century,
until about 626. He is the
first Mercian king mentioned...
