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heáfod-æcer

  • noun [ masculine ]
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heáfod-æcer, es; m.
A strip of land, an acre in extent, lying at the head (cf. heáfod ;
2 a) of a field [and so forming its upper boundary (? cf. heáfodland)]
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  • Fines gemǽre, limites h(e)áfudland,

    decumanus

    tióðe h(e)áfudæcer,
      Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 2-4.
  • Bæ ðæs heáfdæcres westfurh,

      C. D. v. 253, 14.
  • Be fenne on þonne heáfodæcer,

      C. D. B. iii. 517, 24, 27.
  • On þone heáfodæcre,

      C. D. iii. 442, 6.
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v.  -hafol.
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