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§17; §54; §155; §219; §232; §255; §310; §339;
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in a general sense,
field, land
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  • Æcer

    ager,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 53.

  • Si jaceat, jaceat in ungildan ækere, Ll. Th. i. 301, 23. (v. un-gilde.) I a. of arable land :-- Gesáwen æcer vel land

    seges,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 55.

  • Se æker,

      Past. 411, 18.

  • Hé on his æcere eóde, and his sulh on handa hæfde,

      Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 8.

  • Se Hǽlend fór ofer æceras (acras, R.)

    abiit Jesus per sata,

      Mt. 12, 1.

  • Hiora gemǽnan æceras oþþe gærs, Ll. Th. i. 128, 7. I b.

    the crop raised on the land (cf. Icel. akr crop) :-- Ðá ðá ðæt án corn feóll, ðǽr árás þicce æcer (seges ),

      Gr. D. 240, 3.

  • Ne þolie hé ðára æcra (æcera,

    v. l.

    ),
      Ll. Th. i. 146, 5.
a definite quantity of land, an acre. The acer seems to have been four rods broad, and forty rods long. v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm. s. v.
acre, and Sax. Engl. i. 96
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  • Æceras

    jugeri,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 5.

  • Twelf æceras mǽde, C. D. vi. 244, 12. xl æcera (cf. quadraginta jugeribus, l. 7), 1, 18. iii. æcera brǽde (v.

    passage under weall-stellung in Dict. ),

      Ll. Th. i. 224, 9.
  • v. bydel-, lín-, sulh-æcer, bóc-æceras.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “æcer.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/37575.

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