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warectare

warectare (g-) [warecta+-are], warrare, to ready (land) for leaving fallow, (also) to leave fallow. a1128 in estate de v virgis wareitant j acram Chr. Peterb. app. 159; 1152 reddet ‥ quater xx acras waretatas Dom. S. Paul. 128; Sawinus dimidiam hidam pro iiij s. et varectat et arat et seminat acram suo semine Cust. Abingd. 304; c1218 in seminando terras, arando, binando, et warettando (Const. Lond.) EHR XXX 298; c1230 aliam acram circa festum S. Johannis Baptiste gwaretare debet (Cust. Chisenbury) Doc. Bec 54; c1230 unam acram ‥ que de carruca domini guaretari debet (Cust. Chisenbury) Ib. 56; 1242 pro arandis, warrandis, rebinandis c et xl acris seminatis Pipe 126; c1283 debent ‥ ~are in estate xj acras de warecto Cust. Battle 54; 1365 teneretur warrectare terram ‥ cum duabus carucis per annum ‥ et iterum arare ‥ cum duabus carucis ad semen yemale Reg. Heref. 27; unam rodam terre ‥ cum ordeo seminate, ac xvij acras terre sufficienter waractatas cum falda et fimo compescatas Reg. Merton 50; varrare, to valwe londe WW; to felow lande, barectare CathA.

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