What is "dulcima"

Dulcima is a 1971 British drama film directed by Frank Nesbitt. It was entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival. The film stars Carol White as a carefree girl who begins working on a run-down Gloucestershire farm owned by the miserly John Mills. The farmer quickly becomes enamoured of the pretty and lively girl and invites her to stay. Their relations become strained when he discovers her affections for a local gamekeeper. The story was taken from a novella of the same name by H.E. Bates.