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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Carla is the feminized version of Carl, Carlos or Charles, from ceorl in Old English, which means "free man". Notable people with the name include: Carla...

Thegn (thane) Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Ceorl (churl, free tenant) Villein (serf) Cottar (cottager) Þēow (thrall, slave)...

Thegn (thane) Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Ceorl (churl, free tenant) Villein (serf) Cottar (cottager) Þēow (thrall, slave)...

Thegn (thane) Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Ceorl (churl, free tenant) Villein (serf) Cottar (cottager) Þēow (thrall, slave)...

Thegn (thane) Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Ceorl (churl, free tenant) Villein (serf) Cottar (cottager) Þēow (thrall, slave)...

Thegn (thane) Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Ceorl (churl, free tenant) Villein (serf) Cottar (cottager) Þēow (thrall, slave)...

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...

of the Chorley cake. The name Chorley comes from two Anglo-Saxon words, ċeorl and lēah, probably meaning "the peasants' clearing". Ley (also lēah or leigh)...

Thegn (thane) Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Ceorl (churl, free tenant) Villein (serf) Cottar (cottager) Þēow (thrall, slave)...

Thegn (thane) Thingmen / housecarl (retainer) Reeve / Verderer (bailiff) Ceorl (churl, free tenant) Villein (serf) Cottar (cottager) Þēow (thrall, slave)...

literally means "house man". Karl is cognate to the Old English churl, or ceorl, meaning a man, or a non-servile peasant. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle uses...

These farms are often falsely supposed to be "peasant farms". However, a ceorl, who was the lowest ranking freeman in early Anglo-Saxon society, was not...

The weregild of a ceorl was 200 shillings while that of a thegn was 1200. In court, a thegn's oath was equal to the oath of six ceorls. Slavery was widespread...

000 Hold/high-reeve 4,000 Mass-thegn/secular thegn 2,000 Prospering ceorl 2,000 Ceorl 200 Prospering Welshman 120s. Non-prospering Welshman 80s. Landless...

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...

preferring "Chorlbury". The similarity between "Ceorl" and the personal name "Charles" is no accident: "Charles", "ceorl" and "churl", along with the modern German...

shillings for a ceorl and 1,200s for a thegn. Children inherited thegnly status from their father, and a thegnly woman who married a ceorl retained her noble...

John Webb Haldir/Nazgûl/Nob/Minstrel: Haydn Wood Gamling: Patrick Barr Ceorl: Michael McStay Háma/A Nazgûl: Michael Spice Éothain/Otho Sackville-Baggins/Ruffian:...

*ǵerh₂- "to grow old, mature" (See also *ǵr̥h₂-nó-, *gʰreh₁-) churl (< OE ċeorl, ċiorl "free man") Karl (< PGmc "free man") (> Slav korlǐ "king") gérōn...

(1858–1936), New York politician Carol (disambiguation) Churl (also churl, ceorl, carl), freeman peasant in the Scandinavian caste system John L. Karle (1894–1953)...

8th to 10th century, rare (used more rarely than ald- "old") karl, carl, ceorl man Y Y Carlofred, Carlman; Altcarl, Gundecarl rare; possibly extensions...

Chorley) appeared in the 13th century, the likely derivation being from ceorl and lēah, meaning a "peasants' clearing". Although not mentioned in the...