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Old English · noun

mersc

Normalised mersċ

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/merʃ/
[merˠʃ]
Syllables
merʃ (1 syllable)
Modern English
marshmersebogswamp

Meaning

  1. a marsh, bog, or swamp

Declension

Declension of mersc
SingularPlural
Nominative mersċmersċas
Accusative mersċmersċas
Genitive mersċesmersċa
Dative mersċemersċum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *marisk (“lake-like, marshy”).

Descendants

marsh, merse

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