Old English · noun
mærstan
Normalised mǣrstān
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈmæːr.stɑːn/[ˈmæːrˠ.stɑːn]
- Syllables
- ˈmæːr · stɑːn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- merestonemarkerlandmark
Meaning
-
merestone, boundary marker, landmark
Ðis syndon ða landgemǣrcas, on mǣrstān; of mǣrstāne on ðone ealdan gāran
These are the landmarks at the merestone, from the merestone at the old promonitory
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
Compound of mǣre + stān.
Descendants
merestone
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