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GEBÚR

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1 GEBÚR

m. A dweller, husbandman, farmer, countryman, BOOR; incŏla, agricŏla, cŏlōnus :-- Gif he on gebúres húse gefeohte if he fight in a boor's house, L. In. 6; Th. i. 106, 8. Gebúres gerihte rights of the boor, Th. i. 434, 3. See the section to which this heading belongs for an account of the relation of the 'gebur' to his lord. [Cf. Icel. búi [in compounds] and bónde [Plat. buur, m; in earlier time a neighbour, a citizen; now a farmer, a peasant : Dut. Frs. boer. m : Ger. bauer, m : in Silesia gebaur, m. The Old Franc. and Al. writers designate by puarre, buara an inhabitant, and by gibura, giburo a peasant, a farmer. From the A.-S. búan to dwell, inhabit.] DER. neáh-gebúr. gebur,ge-bur
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