aager

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English acre, aker, from Old English æcer, from Proto-West Germanic *ak(k)r, from Proto-Germanic *akraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros.

Noun

aager (plural aager)

  1. acre of land.
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Dhen aager.
      Ten-acres.

References
  • Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, →ISBN
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