mearc-pæþ
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Take here El. 233, given under mearc-wæd (the facsimile reprint of the Codex Vercellensis has mearcpaðu)
mearc-hlinc
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A boundary hlinc (q. v. ) Eást tó mearchlince; and swá eást be ðæs bisceopes mearce, . . . be Byrhtswýðe mearce, C. D. vi. 33, 32
mearc-beorh
A hill which forms part of a boundany
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[Kemble says 'the mearcbeorh appears to denote the hill or mound which was the site of the mearc-mót.'Saxons in England, i. 56.]
first-mearc
an interval ⬩ a respite
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Take here fyrst-mearc in Dict., and add: a space of time, an interval, v. first, 1. Firstrnaerc, fristmearc intercapido, Txts. 71, 1108. Firstmearces intercapidinis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 7: intercapidine, 77, 37. Fyrstmearce capidinae, 23, 73.
land-mearc
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Þegnas and ceorlas habbað landmearke, hú mycele má geríst hyt ꝥ seó tíd hæbbe mearke, Angl. viii. 326, 12. Add
frist-mearc
Are interval of time ⬩ intermission ⬩ respite ⬩ intercăpēdo
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Are interval of time, intermission, respite; intercăpēdo Fristmearc intercapedo, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 158, 19
ge-mearc
A boundary, limit ⬩ lŏcus designātus
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A boundary, limit; lŏcus designātus Gewát him se æðeling to ðæs gemearces ðe him Metod tǽhte the man departed to the limit which the Lord had shewn him, Cd. 139; Th. 174, 28; Gen. 2885
Dene-mearc
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Dele the bracket, and add Wæs him on þæt bæc*-*bord Denamearc, Ors. 1, 1; S. 19, 26. Sume férdon tó Dænmarce (tó Dænmercan (Denmarcon, v. l. ), 30), Chr. 1070; P. 207, 16. On Denemearcon, 1036; P. 159, 18. Tó Denemarcon, 1076; P. 211, 22, 36. Tó Dænemearcon
ge-mearc
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irþ-mearc
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f A boundary of arable land Be ðǽre yrðmearce, C. D. iii. 419, 2. Andlang westcumbes betweah ðá twá yrhmearca (yrþ-?), 420, 4
mearc-will
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A boundary spring Ðonon on mearcwill; of mearcwille, Cht. E. 293, 26
mearc-ford
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a boundary ford Tó mearcforda; andlang bróces, C. D. v. 330, 18
mearc-ísen
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Dele last passage, and add Mercísene cauterio, An. Ox. 2, 61
mearc-ísern
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Gemearcod mid deófles mearcíserne, Hml. A. 201, 192, 206. Add
first-mearc
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Add: m. Hé ús nǽnigne ( printed mænigne) fyrstmearc ne háteðlanges lífes, Archiv cxxii. 257, 14
grǽfe
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a thicket, copse Ðis syndon ðá gemǽru. Ǽrest grǽfan hrycg se wudu tó dúnhám styde, C. D. iii. 388, 29. Úp on ðá blacan grǽfan; of ðǽre grǽfan, v. 339, 7: ii. 172, 29. On hincstes gréfan; of hincstęs grǽfan ( but gráfan, C. D. B. iii. 655, 13), iii. 134
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mearh
A horse ⬩ steed
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Ðe him mænigne mear gesealde, Byrht. Th. 137, 19; By. 188. Eahta mearas, Beo. Th. 2075; B. 1035. Fealwe mearas, 1735; B. 865. Mearas æppelfealuwe, 4333. Meara and máðnsa, 4338; B. 2166. Mearum and máðmum, 3800; B. 1898.
mearh
Marrow ⬩ pith ⬩ a sausage
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Mearh medulla, Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 23. Mearg, 283, 48. Mærh, 70, 47. Merg, ii. 114, 3.
meord
Reward ⬩ pay
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Meard premium, Rtl. 165, 5. Leán ł meard (mearda, pl. Lind.) merces, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 12. Leán ł mearde mercedem, 6, 2; (meard, Lind.), 10, 41. Geld him meard redde illis mercedem, Lind. 20, 8. Meorde (mearda, Lind.) onfóeþ mercedem accipit, Jn.