bondman

Example Sentences

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Then the King caused the man whom he had found asleep to be brought forward, and he proved to be a bondman.

From Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes by Kershaw, Nora

The bondman was now crouching beside the fire, trying to keep the smoke from the white-haired woman with the wolf-skin he wore for a cloak.

From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Dahn, Felix

A freeman is one who tills his own land, and is no man's vassal or bondman.

From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John

A fire was indeed coming—was already kindled—which was to set the bondman free: and God was in the fire.

From Cudjo's Cave by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

"I think you are in love with that tall bondman of the Saxon chieftain's, Jeannette."

From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John