gafolgelder means An Anglo-Saxon householder who owes rent to the king or his grantees rather than to a private landowner. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
noun
- An Anglo-Saxon householder who owes rent to the king or his grantees rather than to a private landowner.“And if the services had stopped here, we might have concluded that the ‘ceorls’ of Hysseburne were gafolgelders, and not serfs.”