Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceorlish
Literary usage of Ceorlish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Original Sources: Ideas that Have Influenced Civilization, in edited by Oliver Joseph Thatcher (1915)
"If any one fight in a 'ceorlish' man's 'flet,' with six shillings let him make 'bot'
to the 'ceorl.' If he draw his weapon and fight not, let it be half of ..."
2. The Germs and Developments of the Laws of England: Embracing the Anglo-Saxon by John M. Stearns (1889)
"If any one fight in a "ceorlish" man's "flet,"' with six shillings let him
make "hot" to the "ceorl." If he draw his weapon and fight not, let it be half of ..."
3. Some Aspects of the Social Power of Wealth by Edwin Hellaby Willisford (1906)
"4 The 18th of the Laws of King Ine, reads, "A 'ceorlish' man, if he have often
been accused, if he at last be seized, let his hand or foot be cut off. ..."
4. Some Aspects of the Social Power of Wealth by Edwin Hellaby Willisford (1906)
"4 The 18th of the Laws of King Ine, reads, "A 'ceorlish' man, if he have often
been accused, if he at last be seized, let his hand or foot be cut off. ..."
5. The Library of Original Sources by Oliver Joseph Thatcher (1907)
"If any one fight in a 'ceorlish' man's 'flet,' with six shillings let him make 'bot'
to the 'ceorl.' If he draw his weapon and fight not, let it be half of ..."
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