394 Glossary. 



Free hench = k.n estate in copyhold, which the wife had on the death of 



her husband for her dower according to the custom of the manor. 

 Frithborg^ Pledge for the keeping of peace. 

 Froicer= An iron tool for cleaving laths. 

 Frumstal=Th.e master's seat in the Anglo-Saxon house. 

 FiindHS=A Roman farm. 



G. 



Gafol=A tax. 



Gafol earth or er^/i = Plough work on the demesne. 

 G'aii= Germanic common ground. 

 Gavelmanni =TeTiants paying rent in money. 

 Gehur— The owner in villeinage of a yard land. 

 Gemeinde — Germanic community. 

 Gemeindes angur=Germ.a.nic, common pasturage. 

 Geneat — A term embracing all the tenants in villeinage. 

 Gens=A group of families possessing blood relationship. 

 Gere/a = The king's representative in the Court Leet. 

 Gesetland ) _ . . . , , .„ 



Gesithland \ ~^^^^ ^^ occupation of the villeinage. 



Gesithcundman = Th.e companion of a king or noble. 



Go/e=The pile of hay or straw in the barn. 



Ground cloitts — The wooden part of a plough that was generally made 



out of old streaks of wheels. 

 GoiU de terrain = Thiit. occult virtue in a soil which imparts to grapes 



the flavour of a choice vintage. 



H. 



Haeg ) 



Hail ( ~-^^ enclosure. 



Headboroiigh = Q,h\ei man of the Frankpledge in boroughs. 



//ere^oc/i = A general: derivation, " here," an army ; " toecu " or "togu," 



to lead. 

 IIerzog=A German lord of the manor. 

 Ilof— The German manor. 

 Hold = A Danish noble. 

 Horige=The German villeinage. 

 Honselooker= An official of the Court Baron which answers to the 



modern clerk of works. 

 Hundred= Anglo - Saxon territorial division, similar to the Germanic 



pagus. 



K. 



Kensos =Tho tribute money. 



