heáfod-æcer
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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
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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
lín-æcer
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A field where flax is grown In línæceran (be ?) wege þám innmæstan ; of línaceran innan ðone hege, Cht. . 239, 10, Cf. lín-leáh, fleax-æcer
ælmes-æcer
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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
Linked entry: æcer
æcer-ceorl
a ploughman or reaper
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Æcerceorl rusticus, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 33. Add
æcer-geard
An enclosure of arable land ⬩ or 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
æcer-hege
A field-hedge
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A field-hedge On ðone æcerhege; ondlong ðæs æcerheges, C. D. iii. 33, 2
Linked entry: hege
æcer-mǽlum
By acres
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By acres Ðæt land líð hídmǽlum and æcermǽlum, C. D. vi. 98, 5
æcer-mann
arator
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Æcerman agricola, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 67. Add
æcer-sǽd
Seed for an acre
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Seed for an acre Man sælde ðæt æcersǽd hwǽte, ðæt is twégen sédlǽpas, tó six 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
æcer-teóþung
Tithe from the produce of arable land ⬩ tithe 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
æcer-týning
Fencing of fields
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Fencing of fields Æcertýninge .xv. gyrda, C. D. iii. 451, 2
Linked entry: týning
æcer-weorc
Field-work, agricultural labour ⬩ field-work, harvest-work
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Field-work, agricultural labour Fra[m] hys æcerweorce agresti bonus, Germ. 391, 60
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ǽder-seax
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Flebotomum blódseax oððe ǽdderseax. Græce namque fleps vena, tomum vero incisio nominatur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 22. Add:
gár-æcer
A strip of land tapering at one end
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A strip of land tapering at one end, not having parallel sides like the ordinary acre-strip, v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., s. v. gored acres On ǽnne gáran; ðonne of ðan gáran on ánne gáræcer; ðæt andlanges ðǽre fyrh tó ánum andheáfdum . . . ðanon west on
hafud-æcer
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Tióþa hafudæcer decumanus, Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67, 78; Wrt. Voc. 38, 4
æcer-ceorl
A field-churl ⬩ a farmer ⬩ ploughman ⬩ agricola
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A field-churl, a farmer, ploughman; agricola
Linked entry: ceorl
æcer-man
A field-man ⬩ farmer ⬩ agricola
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A field-man, farmer; agricola, Ælfc. Gl. 5
æcer-spranca
Young shoots springing up from acorns ⬩ saplings ⬩ the holm oak ⬩ scarlet oak ⬩ ilex
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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
sulh-æcer
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A strip of land for ploughing. v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm. s