Hreác

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hreác

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: E. D. S. Old Country and Farming Words, ii. iii. and Halliwell's Dict.] :-- Hreác

Definitions

1 hreác

m. A heap, stack, rick, reek [in dialects, acervus, Wrt. Voc. 89, 44. Healfne æcer gauolmǽde on hiora ágienre hwíle and ðæt on hreáce gebringan [to mow] half an acre of 'gafol-meadow' in their own time and to bring the hay together in a reek, Chart. Th. 145, 4. Hreácas acervi, Cot. 18, Lye. [Prompt. Parv. hreek acervus: Chauc. Wick. rekes; pl: Icel. hraukr in torf-hraukr a peat-stack.]

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚱᛖᚪᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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