Brink

Brink

Brink, im Oberdeutschen ein Anger, im Niedersächsischen ein Grashügel, Rain; daher Brinklieger (Brinksaß, Brinksitzer), 1) ein Einwohner, Hausgenosse, der in einem Anger- (od. auf Commungrundboden erbauten) Hause zur Miethe wohnt; 2) so v.w. Häusler.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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