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The Saxons in England, Volume 1 (of 2)

Note 187 — Chapter IV · LANDED POSSESSION. THE EÐEL, HÍD OR ALOD.

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According to Pliny, the jugerum was a day’s work for a yoke of oxen, i.e. nearly an acre; but the Saxon jugerum can hardly have been so large, for the reasons given in the text.

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