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mere

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
mere, mære, es; m. f(?).
Wright's OE grammar
§55; §215; §386;
the sea (mer in mer-maid)
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  • Mere swíðe gráp on fǽge folc (

    of the waters of the deluge

    ),
    • Cd. 69
      • ;
    • Th. 83, 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 138.

  • Mere (

    the Red Sea

    )

    stille bád,

    • 158
      • ;
    • Th. 197, 2
      • ;
    • Exod. 300: 166
      • ;
    • Th. 206, 27
      • ;
    • Exod. 458.

  • Mere sweoðerade, ýða ongin eft oncyrde,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 930
      • ;
    • An. 465.

  • Æt meres ende

    on the shore,

    • 442
      • ;
    • An. 221.

  • Ofer wídne mere,

    • 566
      • ;
    • An. 283.

  • Ofer sealtne mere,

    • Menol. Fox 203
      • ;
    • Men. 103.

  • Mere sécan, mǽwes éþel,

    • Exon. 123 b
      • ;
    • Th. 474, 5
      • ;
    • Bo. 25.
a mere, lake
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  • Meri

    stagnum,

    • Ep. Gl. 25 b, 16.

  • Mere

    stagnum,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 15: ii. 121, 28.

  • Nis ðæt feor heonon ðæt se mere standeþ,

    • Beo. Th. 2729
      • ;
    • B. 1362.

  • In eálonde ðæs myclan meres (

    stagni

    ),
    • Bd. 4, 29
      • ;
    • S. 607, 10.

  • Seó menigeo ðe stód begeondan ðam mere,

    • Jn. Skt. 6, 22.

  • On culfran mere; of ðæm mere ... On weorces mere; of ðære mere,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 76, 37-77, 3.

  • Wið ðone mere

    secus stagnum,

    • Lk. Skt. 5, 1, 2: 8, 22.

  • Ðæt wé fundon sumne swíðe micelne mere in ðæm wǽre fersc wæter,

    • Nar. 11, 26.

  • On mære

    in stagnum,

    • Blickl. Gl. Be

  • norþan hodes mære ... ðonon up on ðone mære,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 10, 19-26.

  • Ofer burnan ge ofer meras and ofer ealle wæterpyttas

    super rivos ac paludes et omnes lacus aquarum,

    • Ex. 7, 19.
an artificial pool, cistern
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  • On Syloes mere

    in natatoria Siloae,

    • Jn. 9, 7, 11.

  • Drinc ðæt wæter of ðínum ágenum mere

    bibe aquam de cisterna tua,

    • Past. 48, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 373, 4, 8.
Etymology
[
Goth. marei; f.
:
O. Sax. O. L. Ger. meri; f.
:
Icel. marr; m.
:
O. H. Ger. mari, meri; m. n.
:
Ger. meer; n.
:
Lat. mare.
]
Similar entries
v. fisc-, hran-, hring-, hwæl-, ís-, sund-, wín-, ýð-mere.
Linked entries
v.  mǽr-bróc mære mire.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “mere.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/22650.

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