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æcer

field, land of arable landthe crop raised on the landa definite quantity of land, an acre

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Similar entries v. bydel-, lín-, sulh-æcer, bóc-æceras

ÆCER

(n.)
Grammar
ÆCER, æcyr, es; m.

a fieldlandwhat is sownsown landagerseges

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Ðæt is se teóða æcer, eal swá seó sulh hit gegá that is the tenth acre, all as the plough goes over it, L. C. E. 8; Th. i. 366, 6. Æceras jugera, Cot. 109

æcer

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Twégen æceras . . . se þridde æcer, C. D. iii. 400, 6-9 ; 19, 5-8. Add

æcer-spranca

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-spranca, æcer-spranga, an; m. [æcer, spranca, an; m. a shoot, sprout]

Young shoots springing up from acornssaplingsthe holm oakscarlet oakilex

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Young shoots springing up from acorns, saplings, the holm oak, scarlet oak; ilex Æcer-spranca ilex, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 61; Som. 13, 48

æcer-man

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-man, æcer-mon; g. æcer-mannes; m.

A field-manfarmeragricola

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A field-man, farmer; agricola, Ælfc. Gl. 5

fleax-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
fleax-æcer, es; m.

A flax-field

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A flax-field On ðá flexæcyras, C. D. v. 389, 16

æcer-ceorl

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-ceorl, es; m.

A field-churla farmerploughmanagricola

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A field-churl, a farmer, ploughman; agricola

Linked entry: ceorl

sulh-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-æcer, es; m.
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A strip of land for ploughing. v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm. s

bydel-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
bydel-æcer, es; m.
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Land allotted to a bydel (cf. Bydele gebyreð sum landstycce for his geswince, Ll. Th. i. 440, 7) On ðæene bydelæcer, of ðám bydelæcere, C. D. vi. 152, 31

æcer-ceorl

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Ealle æcerceorlas rustic/, aratores, Chrd. 68, l. Add

æcer-splott

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-splott, es; m.

An acre-plot, an acre

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An acre-plot, an acre Ðæs healfes weres bóc and ðæs æcersplottes ðe ðǽrtó líð (cf. Cum unius jugeris sibi adjacentis portione, (134, 33), C. D. vi. 136, 12

Linked entry: splott

æcer-weg

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-weg, es; m.

A field-road

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A field-road Andlang æcerweges . . . eft on ðone æcerweg, C. D. vi. 137, 17, 22

æcer-sǽd

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-sǽd, es; n.

Seed for an acre

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scillingas, and ðæt bærlic, ðæt is þré sédlǽpas, tó six scillingas, and ðæt æcersǽd áten, ðæt is feówer sédlǽpas tó feówer scillingas, Chr. 1124; P. 254, 14-16. vi. æcersǽd . . . tó tióþunge . . . viiii. æcerséd (cf. twá hund æccra sǽd, 26; feórð healf hund æcere

æcer-teóþung

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-teóþung, e; f.

Tithe from the produce of arable landtithe paid on arable land

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Tithe from the produce of arable land Áríse seó æcerteóðung á be ðám ðe seó sulh ðone teóðan æcer ǽr geeóde, Wlfst. 310, 24

lín-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
lín-æcer, (?), es; m.
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wege þám innmæstan ; of línaceran innan ðone hege, Cht. . 239, 10, Cf. lín-leáh, fleax-æcer

heáfod-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-æcer, es; m.
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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)] Fines gemǽre, limites h(e)áfudland, decumanus tióðe h(e)áfudæcer, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 2-4. Bæ ðæs heáfdæcres westfurh

Linked entry: -hafol

mǽd-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
mǽd-æcer, es; m.
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A meadow Þæne hagan þe Eádwerd áhte, and þæne mǽdæcer þe þǽr tó hýrð, Swt. A. S. Rdr. ii. 203, 13. .viii. rnǽdæceras. . . gebyriað tó Cenelmestúne, C. D. vi. 33, 28

ælmes-æcer

(n.)
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a field the produce of which was given as alms, first-fruits Frumwæstmas hátað sume men ælmessecer sé ðe ús ǽrest gerípod bið, Nap. 5

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æcer-ceorl

a ploughman or reaper

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Æcerceorl rusticus, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 33. Add

æcer-geard

(n.)
Grammar
æcer-geard, es; m.

An enclosure of arable landor the fence of a field

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An enclosure of arable land (? = Icel. akra-, akr-gerði) or the fence of a field (? v. geard) On ðone æcergeard; á be ðǽm gearde, C. D. iii. 458, 24

Linked entry: geard