Halywerc folk. People who held their lands by the service of defending the body, relics, and territory of St. Cuthbert.
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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(UK, _, law, historical) Land held in villeinage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and taken back at his discretion.
(UK, historical) A form of land tenure in return for religious duty or service.
A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time.
the inhabitants of the island of Hailam.
(obsolete, dialectal, West Country, Ireland, Isle of Man, Lincolnshire, Northampton, Worcestershire, Shropshire, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, Wiltshire, Somerset, Cornwall) All Saints' Day.