akr

Merkingar

rs, pl. rar, [Ulf. akrs; A. S. œcer; Engl. acre; Germ. acker; Lat. ager; Gr. άγρός], arable land, ground for tillage:

1. α.

   opp. to engi, a meadow; cp. the law term, þar er hvárki sé a. ne engi, Grág. i. 123, Hrafn. 21.

2. β.

   opp. to tún, the ‘town’ or enclosed homefield; bleikir akrar en slegin tún, the corn-fields are white to harvest and the ‘town,’ i. e. the ‘infield,’ is mown, Nj. 112; helgi túns ok akra ok engja, Bs. i. 719; teðja akra, Rm. 12.

3. 2.

   metaph. the crop; þeir höfðu niðrbrotið akra hans alla, destroyed all the crop in the fields, Fms. v. 50; ok er hann óð rúgakrinn fullvaxinn, þá tók döggskórinn á sverðinu akrinn uppstandanda, and when he (Sigurd Fafnir’s bane) strode through the full-waxen rye-field, the tip of his sword’s sheath just touched the upstanding ears. Fas. i. 173; sá hinn góði akr (crop) er upp rann af þeirri hinni góðu jörð, Hom. 68.

   1. β.

      name of several farms.