An Heortling communal dwelling.
- The equivalent of a Village or a Stead
- A typical household has 24 adults and 26 children.
- Of the adults, 12 are married to each other.
- Households usually belong to a Bloodline
- A typical household has four Longhouses
- Two thanes and their wives manage a house each.
- Within the thanes houses, there are also four unmarried Cottars and four children.
- The remaining longhouses have six adults: two Carls and their wives, an unmarried Carl, a cottar and eight children.
- The Thanes and the Carls are usually related by one degree of kinship.
- The Cottars come from any bloodline.
- The wives are all from outside the clan.
- The household works 11 Hides of Land.
- The household has:
- 88 oxen for plowing.
- 30 other cows
- 10 horses
- 80 sheep
- 5 Alynxes
Source: Coming Storm