gebur

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English ġebūr (“dweller, husbandman, farmer, countryman, boor”), from Proto-West Germanic *gabūr, from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *būraz (“house, room, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to swell, wax, grow”). More at bower, boor.

Noun

gebur (plural geburs)

1. (historical) In Anglo-Saxon law, the owner of an allotment or yard-land, usually consisting of 30 acres; a villein.

Anagrams

• Burge, Grube, guber

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gabūr, from *ga- + Proto-Germanic *būraz.

Equivalent to ġe- +‎ būr (“a farmer, bower”). Cognate with Old Saxon gibūr (Dutch boer), Old High German gibūr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈbuːr/

Noun

ġebūr m

1. inhabitant; farmer, husbandman

Declension

Declension of gebur (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġebūr	ġebūras
accusative	ġebūr	ġebūras
genitive	ġebūres	ġebūra
dative	ġebūre	ġebūrum

Derived terms

• nēahġebūr

Descendants

• → English: gebur