Meaning of geneat | Babel Free
Definitions
A retainer; vassal; one who holds lands of a superior either by service or payment of rent.
Examples
“The tenants, cotsetlas, geburs, and geneats, were the highest among the semiservile.”
“The right of the husbandman was a share⟳ right, his name⟳ was Geneat or sharer in the vill.”
“In each manor there is the same division into land⟳ in demesne and land⟳ in villainage, the inland and the geneat land⟳.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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