villein
Appearance
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Anglo-Norman vilein, variant of vilain; from Medieval Latin villanus (“field hand”), from Latin villa (“country home”). Doublet of villain.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]villein (plural villeins)
- (historical) A feudal tenant, a serf.
- 1907, Antiquities of Sunderland and Its Vicinity - Volumes 5-7, page 73:
- If any burgess be appealed of a plea whereon wager of battle may issue by a villein or outdweller , let him defend himself by oath, that is to say by the 36 men, unless he is challenged in respect of a crime that the law requires him to defend by battle, in no case ought a burgess to fight against a villein if he have challenged him unless before the dispute he shall have quitted the burgage.
- 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 269:
- "Then you're not - " "Darling," I said, "do you really see me in the position of a seigneur, driving my serfs and villeins before me with a whip - even if the triffids haven't overrun me first?"
Hyponyms
[edit]- neif (female)
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]feudal tenant
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Finnish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]villein
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of villein (Kotus type 36*H/sisin, mp–mm gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | villein | villeimmät | |
| genitive | villeimmän | villeimpien villeinten | |
| partitive | villeintä | villeimpiä | |
| illative | villeimpään | villeimpiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | villein | villeimmät | |
| accusative | nom. | villein | villeimmät |
| gen. | villeimmän | ||
| genitive | villeimmän | villeimpien villeinten villeimpäin rare | |
| partitive | villeintä | villeimpiä | |
| inessive | villeimmässä | villeimmissä | |
| elative | villeimmästä | villeimmistä | |
| illative | villeimpään | villeimpiin | |
| adessive | villeimmällä | villeimmillä | |
| ablative | villeimmältä | villeimmiltä | |
| allative | villeimmälle | villeimmille | |
| essive | villeimpänä | villeimpinä | |
| translative | villeimmäksi | villeimmiksi | |
| abessive | villeimmättä | villeimmittä | |
| instructive | — | villeimmin | |
| comitative | — | villeimpine | |
Adjective
[edit]villein
Anagrams
[edit]Old French
[edit]Noun
[edit]villein oblique singular, m (oblique plural villeinz, nominative singular villeinz, nominative plural villein)
- alternative form of vilain
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