different between demesne vs bordar

English

Etymology

From Middle English demayne, from Anglo-Norman demeyne, demene et al., Old French demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine (“power”) (whence French domaine (“domain”)), a noun use of an adjective, from Latin dominicus (“belonging to a lord or master”), from dominus (“master, proprietor, owner”). See dame. Doublet of domain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??me?n/, /d??mi?n/
• Hyphenation: de?mesne
• Rhymes: -e?n, -i?n
• Rhymes: -i?n

Noun

demesne (plural demesnes)

1. A lord’s chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor’s own use.
2. A region or area; a domain.
   • 1816, John Keats, On First Looking into Chapman's Homer, lines 5-6

     Oft of one wide expanse had I been told
     That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne;

Translations

References

• demesne in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• seedmen

Old French

Adjective

demesne m (oblique and nominative feminine singular demesne)

1. Alternative form of demaine

Noun

demesne m (oblique plural demesnes, nominative singular demesnes, nominative plural demesne)

1. Alternative form of demaine

English

Etymology

Latin bordarius, of Teutonic origin. See board.

Noun

bordar (plural bordars)

1. (historical) A person ranking below villeins and above serfs in the social hierarchy of a manor, holding just enough land to feed a family (about five acres) and required to provide labour on the demesne on specified days of the week.

   Synonym: bordarius

See also

• cottar

References

• Ockbrook Before Domesday, Alan Palfreyman, Ockbrook and Borrowash Historical Society, October 1999, page 8.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /bo??da/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /bur?da/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /bo??da?/

Verb

bordar (first-person singular present bordo, past participle bordat)

1. to bark in a threatening manner

   Synonym: lladrar

Conjugation

Derived terms

• bordada
• bordadissa
• bordador

Further reading

• “bordar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bordar” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “bordar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bordar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bordar m

1. indefinite plural of bord (Etymology 2)

Portuguese

Etymology

From French broder, with metathesis.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu??ða?/
• Hyphenation: bor?dar

Verb

bordar (first-person singular present indicative bordo, past participle bordado)

1. to embroider

Conjugation

Spanish

Verb

bordar (first-person singular present bordo, first-person singular preterite bordé, past participle bordado)

1. to embroider
2. (colloquial) to do something very well

Conjugation

Swedish

Verb

bordar

1. present tense of borda.

Anagrams

• borrad