Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

mearc-wæd

  • noun [ neuter ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
mearc-wæd, es; n.
Boundary-water, the water by the shore
Show examples
  • Wlanc monig on stæþe stódon stundum wrǽcon ofer mearcwaðu and ðá gehlódon hildesercum wǽghengestas

    many a proud one stood on the shore; now and again they pressed over the border-floods, and then laded the wave-steeds with their war-shirts (but cf. mearc-pæð),

    • Elen. Kmbl. 465
    • ;
    • El. 233.
Linked entries
v.  mearc-pæð.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • mearc-wæd, n.