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villein

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English

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Etymology

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From Anglo-Norman vilein, variant of vilain; from Medieval Latin villanus (field hand), from Latin villa (country home). Doublet of villain.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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villein (plural villeins)

  1. (historical) A feudal tenant, a serf.
    • 1907, Antiquities of Sunderland and Its Vicinity - Volumes 5-7, page 73:
      If any burgess be appealed of a plea whereon wager of battle may issue by a villein or outdweller , let him defend himself by oath, that is to say by the 36 men, unless he is challenged in respect of a crime that the law requires him to defend by battle, in no case ought a burgess to fight against a villein if he have challenged him unless before the dispute he shall have quitted the burgage.

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Translations

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Finnish

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Adjective

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villein

  1. superlative degree of villi

Declension

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Inflection of villein (Kotus type 36*H/sisin, mp-mm gradation)
nominative villein villeimmät
genitive villeimmän villeimpien
villeinten
partitive villeintä villeimpiä
illative villeimpään villeimpiin
singular plural
nominative villein villeimmät
accusative nom. villein villeimmät
gen. villeimmän
genitive villeimmän villeimpien
villeinten
villeimpäin rare
partitive villeintä villeimpiä
inessive villeimmässä villeimmissä
elative villeimmästä villeimmistä
illative villeimpään villeimpiin
adessive villeimmällä villeimmillä
ablative villeimmältä villeimmiltä
allative villeimmälle villeimmille
essive villeimpänä villeimpinä
translative villeimmäksi villeimmiksi
abessive villeimmättä villeimmittä
instructive villeimmin
comitative villeimpine
Possessive forms of villein (Kotus type 36*H/sisin, mp-mm gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

Adjective

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villein

  1. instructive plural of villi

Anagrams

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Old French

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Noun

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villein oblique singularm (oblique plural villeinz, nominative singular villeinz, nominative plural villein)

  1. Alternative form of vilain