Old English · noun
mere
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /ˈme.re/
- Syllables
- ˈme · re (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- merelakemarecamel
mere1 · noun · masculine
Senses
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lake
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pool
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sea
Declension · strong i-stem
mere2 · noun · feminine
Senses
-
a mare (female horse)
-
a female camel
Ðā menn ðe tō ðām dyrstiġe beoð þæt hī þæt gold nimen, þonne lǣdað hī mid him olfenda myran mid hyra folan ⁊ stēdan. Þā folan hī getīġað ǣr hī ofer þā ēa faran. Þæt gold hī gefǣtað on ðā myran ⁊ his sylfe onsittað ⁊ þā stēdan þǣr forlǣtað.
Those who are bold enough to take the gold bring with them male camels and female camels with their calves. They tie up the calves before they cross over the river. They load the gold on the mares, and sit on them themselves, leave the males there.
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Declension · weak n-stem
mere3 · verb · inflected form
Senses
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singular imperative of merran
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Inflected form of merran
All forms (7)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mari (“sea, lake”). Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian mere (West Frisian mar), Old Saxon meri (Low German Meer), Dutch meer, Old High German meri (German Meer), Old Norse marr (Swedish mar). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin mare, Old Irish muir (Breton mor), Old Church Slavonic море (more) (Russian мо́ре (móre)), Lithuanian mãre.
Descendants
mere
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