Warrior Class

[ualarauans]

freeman - *freiliggs
 
slave – þius, skalks, andbahts (all attested)

patrician – *patrikius (referring to the Roman item), *aþaliggs 
(Germanic noble)

plebian - *freiliggs (as opposed to *aþaliggs)

lord – frauja (att.), *gastifaþs (calque from Slavic gospodI < 
*gosti-podI), *hlaibawards (poet.?), reiks (att.)

serf – *landa-skalks, *akra-skalks

guild-master - *hansafaþs (lit. "commander of a cohors"), if we 
update hansa into the Middle Age following German

journeyman – asneis (att.)

vassal – *þigns/*þaihns M.-a

apprentice – siponeis (att.), *siponjands M.-nd.

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Fredrik" <gadrauhts at ...> wrote:
>
> when talking about feudal words why don't give it a shot to 
translate 
> these:
> 
> Freeman, slave, patrician, plebian, lord, serf, guild-master, 
> journeyman, vassal, apprentice.
>


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