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Old English · noun

mearh

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/mæ͜ɑrx/
[mæ͜ɑrˠx]
Syllables
mæ͜ɑrx (1 syllable)
Modern English
sausagehorsesteed

mearh1 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. horse, steed

    Hwǣr cōm symbla ġesetu? · Hwǣr sindon seledrēamas? Ēalā beorht bune! · Ēalā byrnwiga! Ēalā þēodnes þrym! · Hū sēo þrāg ġewāt, ġenāp under nihthelm, · swā hēo nō wǣre.

    Whither did the horse come? Whither did the man come? Whither did the treasure-giver come? Whither did the seats of feasts come? Where are the hall-joys? Alack and alas, bright cup! Alack and alas, mailed warrior! Alack and alas, the army of the king! How did the time pass, grow dark under the cover of night, as if it never did.

    Hwǣr cōm mearg? Hwǣr cōm mago? · Hwǣr cōm māþþumġyfa?

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of mearh
SingularPlural
Nominative mearhmēaras
Accusative mearhmēaras
Genitive mēaresmēara
Dative mēaremēarum

mearh2 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. sausage

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of mearh
SingularPlural
Nominative mearhmēaras
Accusative mearhmēaras
Genitive mēaresmēara
Dative mēaremēarum

mearh3 · noun · neuter · alternative form

Senses

  1. alternative form of mearg

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *marh. Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian mar (“horse”), merie (“mare”) (West Frisian merje (“mare”)), Old Saxon merge, meriha (“mare”), Dutch merrie (“mare”), Old High German marah (“horse”), meriha (“mare”) (German Mähre (“mare”)), Old Norse marr (“horse”) (Icelandic mar), merr (“mare”) (Swedish märr (“mare”)), Gothic * (*marhs). Beyond Germanic, cognate to Irish marc and Welsh march (“horse”).

From Proto-West Germanic *marhu.

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