Old English · adjective
mære
Normalised mǣre
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈmæː.re/
- Syllables
- ˈmæː · re (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- boundaryillustrioussublimegenuinesterlingmereexcellentcelebrated
mære1 · adjective
Senses
-
great, excellent, splendid, illustrious, sublime
-
distinguished, celebrated
-
widely known, famous, renowned
wǣpen wælġīfru, · wyrd sēo mǣre, ond þās stānhleoþu · stormas cnyssað,
The warriors took away the strength of spears, killing-greedy weapons, the fate is famous and the storms hit these stone slopes,
Eorlas fornōman · asca þrȳþe, -
pure, genuine
-
sterling
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | mǣre | mǣrumǣro | mǣre |
| Accusative | mǣrne | mǣre | mǣre |
| Genitive | mǣres | mǣrre | mǣres |
| Dative | mǣrum | mǣrre | mǣrum |
| Instrumental | mǣre | mǣrre | mǣre |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | mǣre | mǣramǣre | mǣrumǣro |
| Accusative | mǣre | mǣramǣre | mǣrumǣro |
| Genitive | mǣrra | mǣrra | mǣrra |
| Dative | mǣrum | mǣrum | mǣrum |
| Instrumental | mǣrum | mǣrum | mǣrum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | mǣra | mǣre | mǣre |
| Accusative | mǣran | mǣran | mǣre |
| Genitive | mǣran | mǣran | mǣran |
| Dative | mǣran | mǣran | mǣran |
| Instrumental | mǣran | mǣran | mǣran |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | mǣran | mǣran | mǣran |
| Accusative | mǣran | mǣran | mǣran |
| Genitive | mǣrramǣrena | mǣrramǣrena | mǣrramǣrena |
| Dative | mǣrum | mǣrum | mǣrum |
| Instrumental | mǣrum | mǣrum | mǣrum |
mære2 · noun · neuter
Senses
-
boundary, border
Declension · strong ja-stem
All forms (11)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mārī (“famous”). Cognates Cognate with Old Saxon māri, Old High German māri, Old Norse mærr. The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek -μωρος (-mōros) (in ἐγχεσίμωρος (enkhesímōros, “mighty with the spear”)), Old Irish már (Scottish Gaelic mòr, compare English claymore), Welsh mawr (“big”). Germanic mār-, mǣr- is also used in Germanic given names, such as Swedish Ingemar, English Aylmer, Italian Ademaro, German Dietmar, French Omer etc. Its Indo-European ancestor is conserved in Old Church Slavonic мѣръ (měrŭ), as in the Russian given name Влади…
From Proto-West Germanic *mairī, from Proto-Germanic *mairiją. Cognate with Middle Dutch mêre, Old Norse landamæri (“border-marks between lands”).
Descendants
mere
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