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manerium

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Pronunciation

  • Classical: [maˈneː.ri.ũː][1]
  • Ecclesiastical: [maˈnɛː.ri.um][1]

Forms

manērium n (genitive manēriī); second declension[1] The DMLBS also has the forms manerius and maneria;[2] Köbler records manērum,[3] and Polish documents maynerium.[4]

Etymology

It is borrowed from Anglo-Norman maner (“dwelling”),[2] the Anglo-Norman counterpart of Old French manoir (“abode, dwelling; manor”), a noun use of maneir (“to dwell”),[5][1] from Latin maneō (“to stay, remain”).[5][1] Du Cange already explained it as “named from remaining”.[6]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is first recorded in 1072,[2][3] when a royal charter grants the abbot and monks of Westminster a manor at Aldenham.[2]

Semantic evolution

In British medieval Latin it meant a place to stay, a town house or manor house, and above all a manor, an estate with its lands and tenants.[2] Du Cange defines it as a dwelling with a fixed portion of land, the French manoir.[6] In Bohemia it meant a dwelling or a house with fields, an estate free of dues, and even a porch,[7] and in Poland a farmstead free of many dues.[4] English manor comes from the Anglo-Norman word.[5]

Timeline

  • 1072 – A royal charter grants a manor to Westminster Abbey.[2]
  • 1277 – An order sends oaks for building the manor house of Queen Eleanor at Lyndhurst.[2]
  • c. 1300 – English borrows manor from Anglo-Norman.[5]
  • 1349 – A document uses it for a rural estate held with a canonry at Wrocław.[4]

Meanings

Noun

  1. (Medieval Latin) A dwelling; a town house or manor house.[2][7]
  2. (Medieval Latin) A manor, a landed estate with its tenants.[2][1]
  3. (Medieval Latin) A farmstead or estate free of many dues.[4][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press
  3. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  4. ^ a b c d Lexicon mediae et infimae Latinitatis Polonorum (1953–), Kraków: Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN; electronic ed. elexicon.scriptores.pl
  5. ^ a b c d Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
  6. ^ a b du Cange, Charles du Fresne, et al. (1883–1887), Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, augmented ed. by Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre
  7. ^ a b c Latinitatis medii aevi lexicon Bohemorum / Slovník středověké latiny v českých zemích (1977–), Prague: Academia; electronic version, Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences