ÉCE
Eternal, perpetual, everlasting ⬩ sempĭternus, æternus
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Eternal, perpetual, everlasting; sempĭternus, æternus Ðis ys sóþlice éce líf hæc est autcm vīta æterna. Jn. Bos. 17, 3. Onwód éce feónd folcdriht wera the eternal foe pervaded the nation of men. Cd. 64; Th. 76, 23; Gen. 1261. Ðé síe éce hérenis eternal
Linked entry: ǽce
beorht-blówende
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Bright-blooming Ful æcer fódres beorht-blówende, Lch. i. 404, 9
Linked entry: blówan
lǽge
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Fallow, unploughed; in cpds. lǽg-æcer, C. D. iii. 442, 9
sót-ceorl
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Andlang hagan on sótceorles æcer, C. D. v. 148, 13: vi. 41, 20
weód
A useless or injurious plant, ⬩ a weed
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Swá hwá swá wille sáwan westmbǽre land, átió ǽrest of ealle ða weód ðe hé gesió, ðæt ðám æcerum derigen Bt. 23; Fox 78, 23 : Met. 12, 4, 28
beán-land
Land on which beans are grown
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Land on which beans are grown Ðone þriddan æcer beánlandes, C. D. iii. 366, 20
firgen-beorh
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ðone feórdan æcer æt Feregenne, C. D. iv. 264, 12.)
Linked entry: fergen-berig
gærs-irþ
Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage
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Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage Of ðám tíman ðe man ǽrest ereð oð Martinus mæssan se gebúr sceal ǽlcre wucan erian .I. æcer . . .: tóeácan ðám .III. æceras tó béne, and .II. tó gærsyrðe.
gafol-mǽd
A meadow, the mowing of which was part of the gafol due from the churls on an estate
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A meadow, the mowing of which was part of the gafol due from the churls on an estate Healfne æcer gauolmǽde, Th. Chart. 145, 3
bærlíc
Barley ⬩ hordeum
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Barley; hordeum Man sælde ðæt æcer-sǽd bærlíc to six scillingas one sold the acre-seed of barley for six shillings, Chr. 1124; Th. 376, 5
a-swógan
To rush into ⬩ invade ⬩ overrun ⬩ choke ⬩ irruere ⬩ invadere ⬩ occupare ⬩ suffocare
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To rush into, invade, overrun, choke; irruere, invadere, occupare, suffocare We witon ðæt we lufiaþ ðone æcer ðe ǽr wæs mid þornum aswógen, and æfter ðæm ðe ða þornas beóþ aheáwene and se æcer biþ onered, bringþ gódne wæstm we know that we love the land
feld-land
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Ðone þriddan æcer feldlandes and healfne ðone wudu, 4, 10. Add:
þicce
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</b> add :-- Þǽr árás þicce æcer and manigfeald seges multa surrexit, Gr. D. 240, 3. v. bríw-, un-þicce
þornig
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Se yrðling lufaþ ðone æcer ðe æfter ðornum and brémelum genihtsume wæstmas ágifþ swíðor ðonne hé lufige ðone ðe ðornig næs, Homl. Th. i. 342, 8. Gehega þíne eáran mid þornigum hege, Wulfst. 246, 9
dál-mǽd
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Meadow-land held in common and divided into doles or shares among the holders Gebirað se fífta æcer ðǽre dálmǽd*-*we tó ðǽre híde, C. D. iii. 260, 3. [v. N. E. D. dole-meadow.] Cf. gedál-land
fennig
FENNY ⬩ marshy ⬩ muddy ⬩ dirty ⬩ pălustris ⬩ ulīgĭnōsus ⬩ lŭtōsus
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FENNY, marshy, muddy, dirty; pălustris, ulīgĭnōsus, lŭtōsus Fennig æcer ulīgĭnōsus ăger, Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67, 70; Wrt. Voc. 37, 56. Gif sió hond bip fennegu if the hand is dirty, Past. 13, 1; Hat. MS. 16 b, 8
egþ-wirf
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Hundehtetig æcera gesáwen and án egþwirf and vi. bidenfate, C. D. B. iii. 367, 38
Linked entry: weorf
irþ-land
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Sextig æcera earðlondes . . . and twelt æceras miédwelandes, 150, 16: vi. 219, I.. quod Anglice dicitur xxxvi æceras yrðlandes, Midd. Flur. 47, 31. Ǽgðer ge on earðlonde ge on homlonde. Cht. E. 208, ll. Bí ðǽm eorðlande foreweardum, C.
un-gefynde
Not to be found or provided as food
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the phrase mete findan to provide food) Se æcer ðe stent on clǽnum lande, and bið unwæsðmbǽre oððe ungefynde corn bringð oððe deáf terra, quae exculta sterilem segetem gignit, Past. 52; Swt. 411, 19
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écan
EKE, increase, prolong, add ⬩ augēre, appōnĕre
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To EKE, increase, prolong, add; augēre, appōnĕre Ðú scealt écan ðíne yrmþu thou shalt increase thy wretchedness. Andr. Kmbl. 2767; An. 1386. Gé écaþ eówre ermþe ye increase your poverty. Bt. 26, 2; Fox 94, 9. Ðæt écþ his ermþa that augments his misery