erwn.

Brit.

/ˈɛːruː/, U.S.

/ˈɛru/, Welsh English

/ˈɛːruː/

Origin: A borrowing from Welsh. Etymon: Welsh erw.

Etymology: < Welsh erw measure of land, plot of land, field (12th cent.), cognate with Old Cornish erw , ereu field (Middle Cornish erow acre), Middle Breton eru small field (Breton erw , erv , ero raised earth between furrows, measure of land) < an extended form (with w -extension) of the same Indo-European base as Old High German ero earth (see earth n.¹).

Chiefly historical.

A measure of land formerly in use in Wales. Also (later) more generally: an allocated portion of land. Cf. Welsh acre n. at Welsh adj. and n. Compounds 1d.The size of area described varies significantly in different times and places but is frequently likened to an acre.

ΚΠ

1720 Coll. Curious Disc. 224 30 Poles or rodes of that lengthe [sc. 16 feet], is the lengthe of an Erw or acre by the law.

1792 Monthly Reg. Lit. 1 418 The legal land measure of the Britons was as thus: an Erw, or Acre, 28,000 square feet; of which four made a Tythun; four Tythuns a Rhandir.

1841 A. Owen tr. Anc. Laws & Instit. of Wales 1004/2 Trev, a vill:—A territorial division of land containing four gavaels or 256 erws.

1883 F. Seebohm Eng. Village Community (ed. 2) iv. 120 The erw thus ascertained closely resembled in shape the English strips, though it varied in size in different districts, and was less than the modern acre in its contents.

1918 J. W. Jeudwine Found. Society & Land vii. 85 Where the society had developed to the distribution of land to the individual, he [sc. a male reaching adulthood] was put in possession of his erws or acres, and received the animals with which to cultivate them.

2008 S. Rippon Beyond Medieval Village 19 These erws were divided by grass balks, and were subject to the regulated rotation of ownership and cooperative ploughing.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	erw
释义	erwn. Brit. /ˈɛːruː/, U.S. /ˈɛru/, Welsh English /ˈɛːruː/ Origin: A borrowing from Welsh. Etymon: Welsh erw. Etymology: < Welsh erw measure of land, plot of land, field (12th cent.), cognate with Old Cornish erw , ereu field (Middle Cornish erow acre), Middle Breton eru small field (Breton erw , erv , ero raised earth between furrows, measure of land) < an extended form (with w -extension) of the same Indo-European base as Old High German ero earth (see earth n.¹). Chiefly historical. A measure of land formerly in use in Wales. Also (later) more generally: an allocated portion of land. Cf. Welsh acre n. at Welsh adj. and n. Compounds 1d.The size of area described varies significantly in different times and places but is frequently likened to an acre. ΚΠ 1720 Coll. Curious Disc. 224 30 Poles or rodes of that lengthe [sc. 16 feet], is the lengthe of an Erw or acre by the law. 1792 Monthly Reg. Lit. 1 418 The legal land measure of the Britons was as thus: an Erw, or Acre, 28,000 square feet; of which four made a Tythun; four Tythuns a Rhandir. 1841 A. Owen tr. Anc. Laws & Instit. of Wales 1004/2 Trev, a vill:—A territorial division of land containing four gavaels or 256 erws. 1883 F. Seebohm Eng. Village Community (ed. 2) iv. 120 The erw thus ascertained closely resembled in shape the English strips, though it varied in size in different districts, and was less than the modern acre in its contents. 1918 J. W. Jeudwine Found. Society & Land vii. 85 Where the society had developed to the distribution of land to the individual, he [sc. a male reaching adulthood] was put in possession of his erws or acres, and received the animals with which to cultivate them. 2008 S. Rippon Beyond Medieval Village 19 These erws were divided by grass balks, and were subject to the regulated rotation of ownership and cooperative ploughing. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1720
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