mearc-béce
A beech-tree which forms part of a boundary
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A beech-tree which forms part of a boundary Ðis synd ðæra viii. hída landgeméra ... tó ðære mearcbécean; of ðære bécean, Cod. Dip. B. i. 295, 9. On ða ealdan mearce bécan, 296, 26
Linked entry: béce
mearc-denu
A valley which serves as a boundary
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A valley which serves as a boundary Tó mearcdene, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 404, 23
mearc-díc
A ditch which serves as a boundary
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A ditch which serves as a boundary On ða ealdan mercdíc, Cod. Dip. B. i. 295, 7
mearc-hof
A dwelling in a mark or country
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A dwelling in a mark or country, Cd. 145; Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61
mearc-ísen
A branding-iron
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A branding-iron Mearcísen cauterium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 18. Mearcísene cauterio, Hpt. Gl. 453, 22. Hé sǽde ðæt hé gesége ðæt ic wǽre gemearcod mid deófles mearcísene, Shrn. 31, 13. v. next word
mearc-land
a border-land ⬩ waste land lying outside the cultivated ⬩ a district ⬩ country ⬩ territory
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a border-land, waste land lying outside the cultivated Se mylenhám and se myln and ðæs mearclandes swá mycel swá tó þrím hídon gebyraþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 189, 11. v. Kemble's Saxons in England, i. 50. Mearclonde ( the sea coast ) neáh, Exon. 101 b
mearc-pæð
A path leading through a country
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(?) A path leading through a country Be mearcpaðe, strǽte neáh, Andr. Kmbl. 2124; An. 1063. Ic síðade wíddor mearcpaðas ( paths across the marches? ) træd, móras pæðde, Exon. 126 a; Th. 485, 7; Rä. 71, 10, Gewát hé ðá féran ofer mearcpaðu (-paðum? -waðu
mearc-stapa
One who wanders about the desolate mark or border-land
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One who wanders about the desolate mark or border-land Grendel, mǽre mearcstapa, Beo. Th. 206; B. 103. Hié gesáwon swylce twegen micle mearcstapan móras healdan; óðer wæs idese onlícnes óðer on weres wæstmum wræclástas træd ... Hié dýgel lond warigeaþ
mearc-stede
Desolate ⬩ border-land
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Desolate, border-land Saga mé from ðam lande ðǽr nǽnig fira ne mæg fótum gestæppan ... Hé on ðam felde geslóg xxv dracena,.. forðan ðás foldan ne mæg fira ǽnig, ðone mearcstede, mon gesécan, fugol gefleógan, ne ðon má foldan neát, Salm. Kmbl. 418-436
mearc-þreát
A band of men occupying the frontier of a country
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A band of men occupying the frontier of a country Manna þengel mearcþreáte rád (cf. Th. 187, 33: 188, 14), Cd. 151; Th. 188, 25; Exod. 173
meolc-fæt
A vessel for holding milk ⬩ a milk-pail
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A vessel for holding milk, a milk-pail Meolcfæt mulctrale vel sinum vel mulctrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 13
Linked entry: melcing-fæt
meolc-súcend
A suckling
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A suckling Meolocsúcendra lactantium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 71. Meolcsucgendra, 73, 9
meolc-teónd
A suckling
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A suckling Of múðe cilda and milcdeóndra ex ore infantium et lactentium, Ps. Surt. 8, 3
tæl-mearc
A date
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A date Sume ǽr sume síð sume in úrra æfter tælmearce tída gemyndum some early, some late, some by the date in the memory of our times, Exon. Th. 154, 27; Gú. 849
wudu-merce
Wood-marche
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Wood-marche Wudumerce apis sylvatica, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 29. Wudemerce apiaster, 31, 9. Genim wudumerce, Lchdm. ii. 22, 16: 66, 18: 326, 9
frist-mearc
Similar entry: first-mearc
frum-meolc
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Substitute: Milk fresh from the cow (?), the best milk Frummeoluc nectar (in the same glossary nectar is variously rendered by wín, þone swétan smæc, wín-gedrinc, hunig oððe mildeáw, and nectareus by hunígteárlic, the word, as in later times, seems to
land-mearc
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Substitute: <b>land-mearca,</b> an ; m. A territory. [v. mearc ; (in Dict.)] Se landmearca Galaad, Ps. L. 59, 9. (Similar glosses in Ps. L. are : Arabiae þæs landes, 71, 15. Sylo þǽre stówe, 77, 61. Libanum þone holt, 71, 16. Iuda þǽre mǽgþe
mearc-grǽfa
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A boundary grǽfa (q. v. ) Of ðes westlangan hlinces ende on ðonne mearcgréfan, C. D. iii. 135, 26
mearc-mót
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