Definition of Churls. Meaning of Churls. Synonyms of Churls

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Definition of Churls

Churl
Churl Churl, a. Churlish; rough; selfish. [Obs.] --Ford.

Meaning of Churls from wikipedia

- "the farmstead of the churls". Names such as Carl and Charles are derived from cognates of churl or ċeorle. While the word churl went down in the social...
- identified as Heimdall in the introduction, sired three sons—Thrall (slave), Churl (freeman), and Jarl (noble)—by human women. These sons became the ancestors...
- FinallyChulainn cut off the churl's head, and submitted himself to the churl's axe the following day as promised. The churl spared him, revealed himself...
- Other names for karls were bonde or simply free men. Similar classes were churls and huskarls. Aristocracy (jarlar). They were wealthy and owned large estates...
- (Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [ˈpɔt̪əx]; plural bodaich "old man; rustic, churl, lout"; Old Irish botach) is a trickster or bogeyman figure in Gaelic folklore...
- criticizing writer Roy Blount, Jr.'s reference to Duane Allman as "one of these churls" in a review of Splendor in the Short Gr****: The Grover Lewis Reader. The...
- (thane) Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Ceorl (churl, free tenant) Villein (serf) Cottar (cottager) Þēow (thrall, slave) v t...
- Norse mythology, a son of Rig and considered the progenitor of peasants (churl) Karl, giant in Icelandic myth, ****ociated with Drangey island Opel Karl...
- Shakespeare in Middle Temple Hall's choral programme The Dark Lady and the Tender Churl. Two years later, Menzies would return to the Almeida in their digital theatre...
- in society, amongst free men, was expressed as eorl and ceorl ('earl and churl') though the term 'Earl' took on a more restricted meaning after the Viking...