Hreác

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hreác

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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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.] v. hrycce. hreac

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

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