Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
berwick .
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- noun now historical An
outlying estate .
Etymologies
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Old English berewīċ.
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Examples
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Book we find that Sortibrand, the son of Ulf, the Saxon, who was one of the Lagmen of Lincoln, and had “sac and soc {219b} over three mansions in that city,” as successor to his father (loco Ulf patris sui), held a berewick (a corn farm) in Coningsby.
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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a berewick — “bere” (barley) land — of nine oxgangs, or some 225 acres, of meadow and wood, besides land in a score more parishes.
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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