Gafol-swán

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gafol-swán

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 gafol-swán

m. A tribute-swain, a swine-herd, paying a tribute or part of his stock, for permission to feed his pigs on the land; porcārius ad censum :-- Gafolswáne gebýreþ, ðæt he sylle his slyht be ðam ðe on lande stent. On manegum landum stent, ðæt he sylle ǽlce geáre xv swýn to sticunge, x ealde, and v gynge; hæbbe sylf ðæt he ofer ðæt arǽre gafol-swāne, id est, ad censum porcārio, pertĭnet, ut suam occīsiōnem det secundum quod in patria stătūtum est. In multis lŏcis stat, ut det singŭlis annis xv porcos ad occīsiōnem, x vĕtĕres, et v juvĕnes; ipse autem hăbeat superaugmentum, L. R. S. 6 ; Th. i. 436. 11-14. gafol-swan

Runic Inscription

ᚷᚪᚠᚩᛚ-ᛋᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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