landboc

English

Alternative forms

• land-boc

Etymology

From Old English landbōc < land +‎ bōc.

Noun

landboc (plural landbocs)

1. (historical) A charter or deed by which land is granted.
   • 1982, Vivian Hunter Galbraith, Kings and Chroniclers: Essays in English Medieval History, page 96:

     It used to be thought that the witnesses really did this, but in the whole splendid series of original landbocs there is not one in which the crosses are even probably autograph, while in the vast majority they are demonstrably the work of the scribe.

References

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  Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Land-boc”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VI, Part, London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 50.

Old English

Etymology

land +‎ bōc

Noun

landbōc f

1. a charter in which land is granted

Declension

Strong consonant stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	landbōc	landbēċ
accusative	landbōc	landbēċ
genitive	landbēċ, landbōce	landbōca
dative	landbēċ	landbōcum