Feoffing

/fɛˈɒfɪŋ/ verb

Definition

The act of transferring property or land to someone else in a legal process; the present participle of feoff.

Etymology

From feoff + -ing (present participle suffix). Feoff itself comes from Old French, tracing back to Germanic roots for property and ownership.

Kelly Says

Feoffing was how medieval people bought and sold land—instead of just signing a deed, the owner had to physically perform the transfer, making it dramatic and impossible to deny.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
የግርማ መንግሥት
ye-gir-ma men-gis-t
ARالعربية
الفيودالية
al-fuyudaliyyah
BNবাংলা
ভূমি-স্বত্ত্ব
bhumi-swa-tto
CACatalà
feudalisme
fyo-da-li-sme
CSČeština
feudalismem
fyo-da-li-sme-m
DADansk
feodalisme
fyo-da-li-sme
DEDeutsch
Fehde
fay-deh
ELΕλληνικά
φεουδαρχία
fyo-u-dar-chia
ESEspañol
enfeudamiento
en-fyoo-da-mien-to
FAفارسی
فئودالیسم
fyo-da-ali-zm
FISuomi
feodaali
fyo-da-a-li
FRFrançais
féodation
fe-o-da-syon
GUGU
ભુમિ-સાહેબ
bhumi-sa-he-b
HAHA
sarauta
sa-ra-u-ta
HEעברית
פיאודליזם
fyo-da-li-zm
HIहिन्दी
भूमि-स्वामित्व
bhumi-svam-itva
HUMagyar
feudalizmus
fyo-da-li-zmus
IDBahasa Indonesia
feodal
fyo-da-al
IGIG
ọfọ
oh-foh
ITItaliano
feudo
fway-do
JA日本語
封建制
hōken-sei
KKKK
жаныш
jan-ysh
KMKM
ប្រព័ន្ធសម្បត្តិ
pra-pov-anth sam-bat-ti
KO한국어
봉건제
bong-geon-je
MRMR
भूमि-स्वामित्व
bhumi-svam-itva
MSBahasa Melayu
feodalisme
fyo-da-li-sme
MYမြန်မာ
ပြည်နယ် စိုးမိုး
pyi-ne-s koy-mo
NLNederlands
feodalisme
fyo-da-li-sme
NONorsk
feodalisme
fyo-da-li-sme
PAPA
ਸ Stochastic
s-to-chas-tic
PLPolski
feudalizm
fyo-da-lizm
PTPortuguês
feudalismo
fway-da-li-smo
RORomână
feudalism
fyo-da-li-zm
RUРусский
феодализм
fyo-da-lizm
SVSvenska
feodalismen
fyo-da-li-sme-n
SWKiswahili
ujamaa
oo-ja-maa
TAதமிழ்
பரம்பரைக் கொள்கை
para-mba-ra-kai kol-kai
TEతెలుగు
భూమి స్వామ్యం
bhumi svam-yam
THไทย
ระบบศักดินา
ra-pet sak-di-na
TLTL
feudalismo
fyo-da-li-smo
TRTürkçe
feodalizm
fyo-da-lizm
UKУкраїнська
феодалізм
fyo-da-lizm
URاردو
فئودال
fyo-daal
VITiếng Việt
phong kiến
phong-kye-en
YOYO
àwọn ẹ̀lẹ́
awon eh-leh
ZH中文
封建制
fēngjiàn zhì
ZUZU
ukuthula
koo-thoo-la

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