# halywercfolk

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. In Old English law, tenants who held land by the service of repairing or defending a church or monument, whereby they were exempted from feudal and military services.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old English hāliġ (“holy”) + weorc (“work”) + folc (“folk”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/halywercfolk