for the maize field to become full of weeds, or lack of cultivation
Alonso de Molina:
aceceyoa. (pret. oaceceyoac.) henchirse el mahizal de yeruas asperas, por no le auer labrado. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 2r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.