Noun: ceorl
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | ċeorl |
| Plural | ċeorlas |
Genitive
| Singular | ċeorles |
| Plural | ċeorla |
Dative
| Singular | ċeorle |
| Plural | ċeorlum |
Accusative
| Singular | ċeorl |
| Plural | ċeorlas |
Sample Sentences
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Laws of Hlothhere and Eadric
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Ġif Cantwara æniġ in Lundenwīċ fēoh ġebyċġe, hæbbe him tweġen oððe ðrēo unfācne ċeorlas tō ġewitnesse oþþe cyninges wīcġerēfan. (If any person of Kent buys property in London, he should have two or three trustworthy men or the king's reeve as a witness.)
Nouns inflected like ceorl
cearwylm,
ceafl,
cealc,
cearm,
ceorl,
cierr,
cierm,
cisil,
cisel,
ceafor,
ceosol,
ceosel,
cietel,
circul,
cerr,
cirm,
cipp,
cyrm,
cyrr,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *karil, *karul, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz, *karulaz (“man”), akin to Old Frisian tzerl, tzirl (West Frisian tsjirl), Old Norse karl (Danish/Norwegian/Swedish/Danish karl), Old High German karal, Middle Low German kerl (German Kerl). Doublet of carl. See: Old Norse Nouns '
karl', Danish Nouns '
karl', German Nouns '
Kerl'.
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