stóc
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As may be seen from the Index to the Charters, Stóc occurs frequently, some of the references are here given Ðis is ðara þreora hída and .xxx. æcera bóc æt Stóce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 190, 9 : 34, 12. Tó Stóce, 203, 21. Intó Stóce, 123, 8.
Linked entries: stóc-weard stóc-wíc
wic-weorc
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Se gebúr sceal his riht dón; hé sceal erian healfne æcer tó wiceweorce . . ., Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 35. Cf. Hér synd gewriten ða gerihta ðe ða ceorlas sculan dón tó Hysseburnan . . .
Linked entry: wice-weorc
ge-wæterian
To water ⬩ irrigate ⬩ adăquāre ⬩ irrĭgāre
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Teóh ðú forþ rénscúras gif ðú miht and gewætera ðíne æceras bring forth rain-showers, if thou canst, and water thy fields, Homl. Th. ii. 104, 1
Linked entry: wæterian
ciric-sceat
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On þæt gerád þe hé ǽlce geáre of þám lande geerige twégen æceras, and þǽron his circsceat gesáwe, and þæt eft gerípe and in gebringe, 398, 20.
drohtnian
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Bæd hé ꝥ hé móste healdan heora æceras and him méde earnian; and hé ðǽr drohtnode fíftýne geár, Hml. S. 30, 216. Hé férde tó Burch tó Sc̃e Petres mynstre and þǽr drohtnode .xii. geár, Chr. 1072; P. 209, 2. Drohtniende degens, i. conversans, An.
ge-ríp
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Heora æceras ǽr wǽron áþroxene ǽr ǽnig ryftere ꝥ geríp ( the MS has the accent) gaderode, Hml. S. 31, 1218. Ic sende iów girip (giripa? the Latin is metere) ꝥte gé ne wunnun, Jn. R. 4, 38. See next word
sceáf
A sheaf, bundle ⬩ a sheaf ⬩ a bundle (of herbs)
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Gl. 520, 19. a sheaf (of corn) Mé þúhte ðæt wé bundon sceáfas (manipulos) on æcere and ðæt mín sceáf árise ómiddan eówrum sceáfum and eówre gilmas ábugon tó mínum sceáfe, Gen. 37, 7.
Linked entry: sceáb
plóg
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In Ælfric's Colloquy the ploughman says : Ǽlce dæg ic sceal erian fulne æcer oððe máre.
ge-sáwan
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Th. ii. 312, 27. to sow land Gesáwen æcer vel land seges, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 55
hýr
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interest, usury :-- Hýre fęnoris, usurę, Germ. 389, 45. payment contracted to be made for personal services, wages Gif mé nú mettas and wín, and ic hit þé gilde eft of míre hýre I will pay ii you back out of my wages (cf. hé bæd ꝥ hé móste healdan heora æceras
á-rísan
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Áríse seó æcerteóðung á be ðám ðe seó sulh þone teóðan æcer ǽr geeóde (cf. ꝥ hé his teóðunge á swá seó sulh þone teóðan æcer gegá rihtlíce gelǽste, Ll. Th. i. 342, 12), 310, 24. Gif ús feoh áríse æt úrum gemǽnum sprǽcum, Ll. Th. i. 232, 5.
bétan
to make better, to improve, amend, repair, restore ⬩ emendare, reparare, reficere, mederi, expiare ⬩ to mend ⬩ repair a fire ⬩ to light ⬩ make a fire, to kindle ⬩ focum reparare ⬩ to remedy, compensate, make amends ⬩ compensare
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Hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan how thou mayest improve thy fields, Lchdm. i. 398, 1. joined with fýr to mend or repair a fire, to light, or make a fire, to kindle; focum reparare; [In this sense böten is used in Low German at the present day Böt füer make
Linked entry: bétte
C
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Sax. æcer a field, Goth. akrs, Icel. akr; A. Sax. eác also, Goth. auk, Icel. ok [og]. c and cc are often changed into h or hh before s or þ, and especially before t; as, strehton they stretched, for strecton from streccan.
weg
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Ealne weg búton geswícincge iugiter sine intermissione, Angl. xiii. 372, 103. v. æcer-, ceaster-, ciric-, clǽg-, gemǽr-, gird-, grund-, heáfod-, heáh-, healf-, hege-, hrís-, hwæl-, hweól-, Lunden-, mearc-, mylen-, Nor-, port-, sǽ-, sláhþorn-, styfic-,
ýþian
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Th. ii. 378, 20. of movement like that of the sea, to wave Sume sind gehátene tropi . . . swá swá is gecweden fluctuare segetes, ðæt æceras ýðiaþ, for ðan ðe æceras faraþ on sumera, swá swá sǽ ýðigende, Ælfc.
in-land
terra tenementalis ⬩ terra dominicalis
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Sex æceras innlondes ǽgðer ge mǽdlondes ge eyrþlondes, Cod. Dipl.
Linked entries: ge-neát-land út-land
furh
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Andlanges ðǽre fyrh tó ánum anheáfdum . . . ðanon on áne furh an æcer neár ðǽm hlince . . . andlanges ánre furh oð hit cymð tó ánum byge; ðanone of ðǽm byge forð on áne furh, C. D. v. 153, 23-32. On þá níwan furh, andlang þǽre furh, C. D.
métan
To meet with ⬩ come upon ⬩ come across ⬩ find
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Nime se ðe hit on his æcere méte, L. In. 42; Th. i. 128, 14. Swá ǽr swá hé hádes wyrþne mon métan mihte as soon as he could meet with a man worthy of the (episcopal) rank, Bd. 3, 29; S. 561, 26.
ge-hweorfan
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Of þám æcere gehworfenum regresso de agro 17, 7. to a position, condition, &c. ꝥ hé geearnode, ꝥ hé eft gehwurfe tó his fæder gife and freóndscipe, Gr.