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mere-streám

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
mere-streám, es; m.
A sea-stream, the sea, water of the sea,
  • Cd. 39
  • ;
  • Th. 51, 27
  • ;
  • Gen. 833: 154
  • ;
  • Th. 191, 5
  • ;
  • Exod. 210: 166
  • ;
  • Th. 207, 17
  • ;
  • Exod. 468.
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  • Merestreám ne dear ofer eorþan sceát eard gebrǽdan (cf. sǽ,

    • Bt. Fox 74, 26
    ),

    • Bt. Met. Fox 11, 130
    • ;
    • Met. 11, 65: 20, 228
    • ;
    • Met. 20, 114.
  • Óþ merestreámas

    unto the waters of the sea,

    • Cd. 199
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    • Th. 247, 27
    • ;
    • Dan. 503: Bt. Met. Fox 28, 65
    • ;
    • Met. 28, 33.
  • Manegum merestreámum

    de aquis multis,

    • Ps. Th. 143, 12.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. meri-stróm.
]
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