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From Old Norse bóndi.
bondæ m (plural bøndær)
- farmer, peasant
- c. 1210, "Gifær bondæ sinum", Scanian Law, chapter 37.
Gifær bondæ sinum barnebørnum iorth at sæ lifændæ […]- If a farmer gives his grandchildren lands while alive […]