mór-seáþ
A boggy ⬩ marshy pit
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A boggy, marshy pit, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 378, 13
mór-stapa
A moor-stepper ⬩ traverser of the moors
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A moor-stepper, traverser of the moors Mǽre mórstapa ( the bull ), Runic pm. Kmbl. 339, 11; Rún. 2
heáh-mór
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A lofty mountain In heáhmórum (heaum (heágum) mórum, v. ll.), in arduis montibus, Bd. 4, 27; Sch. 515, 13
mór-berige
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A mulberry: — Hí mid mórberium gebyldon þá ylpas (to the end they might provoke the elephants to fight, they showed them the blood of grapes and mulberries, 1 Macc. 6, 34), for ðám ðe mórberian him is metta leófost, Hml. S. 25, 576
mór-hǽþ
mór-hana
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mór-beám
A mulberry tree or blackberry bush
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A mulberry tree or blackberry bush Mórbeám morus vel rubus, Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 60: murus, 80, 26. Márbeámas moros, Ps. Surt. 77, 47
Linked entry: múr-beám
mór-denu
A swampy or fenny valley
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A swampy or fenny valley Of ðam stocce inn on mórdene; of mórdene inn on ðere saltstrét. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 384, 30. Cf. mór-fæsten
mór-fæsten
A place secure from attack from the swampy character of the country
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A place secure from attack from the swampy character of the country Hé (Alfred) lytle werede uniéþelíce æfter wudum fór, and on mórfæstenum. Chr. 878; Erl. 78, 34
mór-hǽþ
A mountain-heath
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A mountain-heath Swá líg freteþ mórhǽþ velut flamma incendat montes, Ps. Th. 82, 10
mór-heald
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Wǽron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht mearchofu mórheald, Cd. 145: Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61. = placed on a mountain slope, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 71, (?)
Linked entry: heald
mór-land
Moor-land ⬩ wild hilly country
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Moor-land, wild hilly country Se ðe on wéstenne, méðe and meteleás, mórland trydeþ, Elen. Kmbl. 1221; El. 612. He wunede on ðám mórlandum ( in montanis), Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 33. Se ǽresta láreów on ðám mórlandum ða ðe syndon tó norþdǽle Pehta ríces primus
mór-mǽd
A marshy meadow
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A marshy meadow Tó mórmǽde norþhyrnan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 449, 19
Linked entry: mórig
mór-pytt
A marshy pool
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A marshy pool On mórpyt, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 381, 9
mór-secg
Sedge
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Sedge Bedde hys bed myd mórsecge, Lchdm. iii. 140, 25
mór-wyrt
Moor-wort
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Moor-wort Wyrc hié (a salve) of ðære smalan mórwyrte (drosera rotundifolia, Cockayne), Lchdm. ii. 128, 8
wíþig-mór
A moor where willows grow
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A moor where willows grow On wíðigmór, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 412, 21
mór-beám
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Add: — Cyme tó þám treówe þe man háteþ mórbeám, Lch. i. 330, 19. Heora mórbeámas, Ps. L. 77, 47. [ Lat. morus.] See next word, and múr-beám
mór-lǽs
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marshy pasturage xxiii. acrae prati iacent in feormóre . . . Item uilla habere debet in eodem prato communem pasturam, quae yméne mórlése appellatur, C. D. iii. 408, 23
mór-seohtre
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a marshy ditch Wæterfrocgan hwílon hí man gesihð of wætere, and swá þeáh sécað tó fúllicum mórseohtrum ( in putridine paludis commorantur ), Chrd. 96, 28
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