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gærs-irþ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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gærs-irþ, e; f.
Ploughing done by the gebúr for his lord as an equivalent for an allowance of pasturage
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  • Of ðám tíman ðe man ǽrest ereð oð Martinus mæssan se gebúr sceal ǽlcre wucan erian .I. æcer . . .: tóeácan ðám .III. æceras tó béne, and .II. tó gærsyrðe. Gyf hé máran gærses beðyrfe, ðonne earnige ðæs swá him man ðafige

    he must plough two acres in return for the pasturage granted him. If he need more pasturage, he must earn it in such way as may be allowed him,

      Ll. Th. i. 434. 17.
  • [Cf. N. E. D. grass-earth.] Cf. gafol-irþ.
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v.  gærs-yrþ irþ.
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