gebur
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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 ===
Burge, Grube, guber
== 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 ===
IPA(key): /jeˈbuːr/
=== Noun ===
ġebūr m
inhabitant; farmer, husbandman
==== Declension ====
Strong a-stem:
==== Derived terms ====
nēahġebūr
==== Descendants ====
→ English: gebur