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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *akraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros (“field”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γρός (agrós), Latin ager, Sanskrit ájra.
Pronunciation
Noun
æcer m
- field (specifically one used to grow crops or hold farm animals)
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
Æcras faraþ on sumore, swā swā sǣ ȳðiġende.- Fields move in the summer, rippling like the sea.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
On his æcre hē ēode and his sulh on handa hæfde.- He was walking in his field with his hand to his plow.
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 12:1
Sē Hǣlend fōr on restedæġ ofer æcras. Sōðlīċe his leornungcneohtas hyngrede, and hīe ongunnon pluccian þā ēar and etan.- Jesus was walking through fields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began plucking ears of corn and eating them.
- acre (measure of land)
- early 11th century, anonymous gloss of Ælfric's Latin Colloquy (c. 995)
Ǣlċe dæġe iċ sċeal erian fulne æcer oþþe mā.- Every day I have to plow a full acre or more.
Declension
Declension of æcer (strong a-stem)
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