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单词 almsland
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almslandn.

Brit. /ˈɑːmzland/, U.S. /ˈɑ(l)mzˌlænd/
Forms: see alms n. and land n.1; also Old English asmeslant (in a Latin text, transmission error), 1700s alm's-lond, 1700s almes-lond.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: alms n., land n.1
Etymology: < alms n. (compare alms n. 3) + land n.1Compare the field name Almaslande , Drax, West Riding, Yorkshire (1536). Compare also Old English (rare) ælmesæcer plot of land of which the crop or yield is given as alms ( < alms n. + acre n.):OE Ælfric Homily (Corpus Cambr. 419) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1968) II. 808 Frumwæstmas hatað sume men ælmesæcer [c1225 Corpus Cambr. 178, glossed ælme aker], se ðe us ærest geripod bið of þam man sceal don ælmessan be his mihte.
Now historical.
Land held in alms (see alms n. 3).Some of the early examples may be place names.Early historical sources interpreted the word as having a more direct relation to alms in the sense of assistance to the poor.
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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > other types of land
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OE Domesday Bk. (1783) I. f. 5/2 [Phillimore: Kent 3. 22] Ipse archiepiscopus tenet Asmeslant [lOE Domesday Monachorum ælmesland]. In Maresc De Romene.
lOE Domesday Monachorum of Christ Church, Canterbury (1944) 92 Rodbertus filius Watsonis tenet de priore Cantuarberię ælmesland ad firmam et pręcepto eiusdem prioris reddit firmam secrestano eiusdem ęcclesię.
?c1310 (?OE) Royal Charter: Æðelstan to Milton Abbey (Sawyer 391) in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 46 And ich wolle þæt al ðis myn almeslonde mid al ðan þæt ðereto liþ and freo beo in alle ðinge and freo custumes.
1370 Inquisition Priory St. Neot's in G. C. Gorham Hist. Antiq. Eynesbury St. Neot's (1820) 326 Item dicunt quod idem [sc. the prior of St Neot's] habet unam percellam terre ibidem vocatur Almeslond.
1548 in J. E. Ray Sussex Chantry Rec. (1931) 77 [Certain land in Nytymber called] Almes lond.
1660 W. Somner Treat. Gavelkind 119 They had their Almesland, which was that appropriate to their Almnery.
1727 J. Lewis Hist. & Antiq. Abbey & Church of Favresham 87 Land given to the poor of this Parish. [Side note] Called Alm's- or almes-lond, fundus in elemosynam datus.
1809 W. Bawdwen tr. Domesday Bk. 135 The Almsland of the poor is contained within this limit.
1873 Few Sketches Pontefract Topogr. 49 This proportion seems to indicate the very great probability that the two carucates of alms land were really a tenth or tithe of the whole manor [of Tateshall].
1983 J. Morris Domesday Bk.: Kent Notes 3.22 Aelmesland is not a place-name, but a sulung of alms-land belonging to Holy Trinity.
2006 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 6th Ser. 16 88 The king had designated almslands in Leicestershire and Warwickshire that might be held by lay individuals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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