- In Old
English the form was mīere, mere or mȳre, the
feminine forms for
mearh (horse). The Old
German form of the word was Mähre. Similarly, in Irish...
- 2005, pp. 131–133.
Bosworth &
Toller 1898:
mearc Bosworth &
Toller 1898:
mearh, horse, cf.
modern English "mare".
Cusack 2011, p. 172.
Shippey 2005, pp...
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usually leaves traces behind (transphonologization). In furh "furrow" and
mearh "marrow", it vocalizes. It is
elided (with
varying effects on the preceding...
- ISSN 0008-8080. JSTOR 25022405. Keefer,
Sarah Larratt (3
January 2012). "Hwær Cwom
Mearh? The
horse in Anglo-Saxon England".
Journal of
Medieval History. 22 (2):...
- wan ond wælfel.
Werod wæs on tyhte. Hleopon hornboran,
hreopan frican,
mearh moldan træd. ('They rode
about the
famous one; then the
shield dinned, the...
-
swallae (swallow),
weedae (widow) and
yallae (yellow) from borgian, folgian,
mearh, maedwe, pyle, sċeadu, swelgan/swealwe,
widwe and ġeolo.
Similarly with...
- Myrgings.
Widsith Mearchealf Old English:
Mearchealf The name may
consist of
mearh ("horse") and ealf ("elf").
Appears in Widsith, line 23 as a king of the...
