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acre1 (1130-40)
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acre1 (1130-40)

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agre,  aker,  akere,  acree, 
(pl. acras  TNA SC 8/195/9726)  
  FEW:  aecer 15/i,2b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  acre 8,29c TL: acre 1,125 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  acre 1  TLF:  acre  OED:  acre n.1  MED:  aker n.1  DMLBS:  acra 20b

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agriculturalunitlengthacre (of land): 
( 1130-40; MS: 1440 ) .vj. acres od nokes dejuste les dous acres que Raul le filz Walt[er]i ad doné en almone  Hosp Chart 131
( 1140-1160; MS: 1140-1160 )  Cez sunt les nuns des terres et des tenures que tu as otreiéd as moines [...] e sur la rive de Bluntesham une masure de terre od .v. acres u l’un deit assembler lur leinne, et od .v. acres de pré a paistre les bues ki attraient la leinne  Ely Arch 269.4.47
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Deuz ides et demi devise Et nief acres et une eglise  S Audree1 4415
( MS: s.xiii )  jugerum: dicitur in gallico acre  TLL i 244
( c.1285; MS: c.1312 )  dunqe est l’acre de sesante e sis pez de leesce  HENLEY2 312
( 1290 )  rendaunt par an por chescune acre deus deners  Eng Docs 80.14
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