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Definition of Folklands
1. folkland [n] - See also: folkland
Lexicographical Neighbors of Folklands
Literary usage of Folklands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Short History of England by Charles McLean Andrews (1921)
"The royal family had its own folklands or royal demesnes, from which the ...
But the king as king had special rights over his subjects and their folklands. ..."
2. The Runes, Whence Came They by George Stephens (1894)
"J\\\ the oldest grave-stones in the German and Saxon folklands are in Latin
letters, not in Runes. But in the Scando-Anglian lands they are in Runes. ..."
3. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1822)
"... with folklands occupied by ten or a dozen villeins, valued all together at
forty shillings, as the return of a manor, which now would yield a competent ..."
4. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1848)
"... with folklands occupied by ten or a dozen villeins, valued altogether at forty
shillings, as the return of a manor, which now would yield a competent ..."
5. The Growth of English Industry and Commerce by William Cunningham (1882)
"When two septs were joined the two folklands would be used by the victorious king
for the support of an enlarged comitatus, but the cultivators of that land ..."
6. Canute the Great: 995 (circ.)-1035 and the Rise of Danish Imperialism During by Laurence Marcellus Larson (1912)
"The ships that first sought and reached North Britain probably sailed from two
folklands (or shires) in Southwestern Norway, Hordaland and Rogaland, ..."
7. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"... or ' alod,' as distinguished from the common lands, and from the folklands or
public domain." — Digby, Law of Real Prop- erty, p. 11. ..."
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