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Old English · noun

mes

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/mes/
Syllables
mes (1 syllable)
Modern English
fertilisermanuredung

Meaning

  1. dung

  2. fertiliser, manure

Declension

Declension of mes
SingularPlural
Nominative mesmesamese
Accusative mesemesamese
Genitive mesemesa
Dative mesemesum

All forms (4)

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps derived from Proto-West Germanic *mihsu, the nominative/accusative plural of *mihs (“dung, excrement; urine”), reanalysed as a singular noun. Compare Old Frisian mēse (“urine”).

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