yeorling

Meanings

• noun

  A young man or farmer, particularly one who is a tenant on an estate and works the land in return for a share of the produce.

  - "The yeorling worked the land from dawn to dusk."
  - "The lord provided the yeorling with seeds and tools."

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Variants

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yearling , yearlings

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Etymology

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Derived from the Old English word 'georlinga', meaning 'young farmer' or 'tenant farmer'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'yeorling' is rarely used in modern English.

2. The word 'georlinga' is also found in Old Norse and Middle Dutch, with similar meanings.

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Related Concepts

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1. tenant farmer: A person who farms someone else's land in exchange for a share of the produce.

2. sharecropping: A system of agriculture where farmers grow crops on land owned by another party, who takes a share of the harvest in return.

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Culture

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In Old English literature, the yeorling was a common character, often portrayed as a young, inexperienced farmer who worked the land in exchange for a share of the produce. This figure can be found in various Anglo-Saxon texts, such as 'The Seafarer' and 'The Wanderer'.

How to Memorize "yeorling"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a young man working on a farm, plowing the land and tending to the crops.
   - Visualize a tenant farmer working on an estate, sharing the produce with the landowner.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'yeorling' with the image of a young farmer.
   - Link the term to the concept of a tenant farmer or sharecropping.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the first letter 'Y' stands for 'Young' and the second letter 'O' stands for 'Farmer' in the word 'Yeorling'.
   - Use the acronym 'Yields Experience On Land' to remember the meaning of the word.

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