Crossword clues for ceorl
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ceorl \Ceorl\ (k[e^][^o]rl or ch[~e]rl), n. [AS. See Churl, n.] (O. Eng. Hist.) A freeman of the lowest class; one not a thane or of the servile classes; a churl.
Wikipedia
Ceorl may refer to any of the following:
- Ceorl, a rider of Rohan in J.R.R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth
- Churl, a social rank in Anglo-Saxon England, the lowest class of "free" men
- King Cearl of Mercia, Anglo-Saxon ruler in the early 7th century
Ceorl is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth. He appears in The Two Towers as a rider of Rohan who fought in the Second Battle of the Fords of Isen.
Usage examples of "ceorl".
That made her a loet, a slave--well above thralls, but below ceorl commoners.
Radgar leaped from the saddle, thrust the reins into the hands of a ceorl, and ran into the main house without even taking off his mud-caked boots, an omission that Queen Charlotte regarded as a capital offense in athelings.
The thralls started saddling up Cwealm for him, but then a ceorl asked to see his warrant and he drew his sword.
Although he said he was in a hurry, Dad made a detour over to where a group of his ceorls were repairing sheepfolds, preparing for the winter.
Around the edges of the plaza, a forest of hats, hoods, and umbrellas covered ceorls and loetu and also many women and children, no doubt families of thegns.
Hence, since the ceorls doubtless formed the bulk of the population, it has been thought that the Anglo-Saxon armies of early times were essentially peasant forces.
No doubt ceorls took part in military expeditions, but they may have gone as attendants and camp-followers rather than as warriors, their chief business being to make stockades and bridges, and especially to carry provisions.