bocland

English

Noun

bocland (plural boclands)

1. Alternative form of bookland

Old English

Etymology

From bōc (“book”) +‎ land (“land”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːkˌlɑnd/

Noun

bōcland n

1. freehold; land held by a charter or writing that was not bound to a fief

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	bōcland	bōcland
accusative	bōcland	bōcland
genitive	bōclandes	bōclanda
dative	bōclande	bōclandum

Descendants

• English: bookland

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “bóc-land”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.