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-mǽre

  • suffix
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Wright's OE grammar
§119; §434; §620;
illustrious.
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  • Mǽran

    illustris (Agnae gloriosum exemplar),

      An. Ox. 4276.
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  • Mǽre

    sublimis (celsitudo),

      An. Ox. 1007.

  • Hú beorht, mǽre, ǽnlic

    o preclara (virginitatis gratia

    ), 1266.

  • Mǽre

    celeberrimns, i. excellentissimus (Agathae rumor),

    3937.

  • On þǽm mǽran fæstene

    in celeberrimo (Alexandriae) municipio,

    3418.

  • On mǽrum

    in summo (virginitatis proposito),

      5, 21.

  • Mǽran

    potiorem (virginitatis gloriam),

    4153.

  • Swearm þá mæran mǽdo bereáfað

    examen amoena prata popiilatur,

    137.
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[v. N. E. D. mere.]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “-mǽre.” 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/54987.

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