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Old English · noun

mereflod

Normalised mereflōd

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈme.reˌfloːd/
Syllables
ˈme · re · ˌfloːd (3 syllables)
Modern English
delugeflood

Meaning

  1. flood of water, deluge

    Forþon nū mīn hyġe hweorfeð ofer hreþerlocan; mīn mōdsefa mid mereflōde ofer hwæles ēþel hweorfeð wīde, eorþan sċēatas, cymeð eft tō mē ġīfre ond grǣdiġ; ġielleð ānfloga, hweteð on wæl weġ hreþer unwearnum ofer holma ġelagu.

    Thus, my mind now wanders over heartstead; my soul wanders afar with the sea-flood over whale’s home, on the Earth’s corners, comes back, greedy and hungry, to me; the lone-flyer yells, whets the soul on the slain way over the stretch of waters with no refuses.

    10th century, The Seafarer:
  2. body of water, flood, ocean

Declension

Declension of mereflod
SingularPlural
Nominative mereflōdmereflōdas
Accusative mereflōdmereflōdas
Genitive mereflōdesmereflōda
Dative mereflōdemereflōdum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From mere (“sea”) + flōd (“flood”).

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