mearh

See also: marr, märr, marre, marra, marrë, märra, and merr

Old English

FWOTD – 22 November 2024

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mæ͜ɑrx/, [mæ͜ɑrˠx]

Etymology 1

Cognates

Cognate with Old Frisian mar (“horse”), merie (“mare”) (West Frisian merje (“mare”)), Old Saxon merge, meriha (“mare”), Dutch merrie (“mare”), Old High German marah (“horse”), meriha (“mare”) (German Mähre (“mare”)), Old Norse marr (“horse”) (Icelandic mar), merr (“mare”) (Swedish märr (“mare”)), Gothic *𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌷𐍃 (*marhs). Beyond Germanic, cognate to Irish marc and Welsh march (“horse”).

Alternative forms

mear, mearg

Noun

mearh m (nominative plural mēaras)

horse, steed
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
  Hwǣr cōm mearg? Hwǣr cōm mago? · Hwǣr cōm māþþumġyfa?
  Hwǣr cōm symbla ġesetu? · Hwǣr sindon seledrēamas?
  Ēalā beorht bune! · Ēalā byrnwiga!
  Ēalā þēodnes þrym! · Hū sēo þrāg ġewāt,
  ġenāp under nihthelm, · swā hēo nō wære.
  Whither did the horse come? Whither did the man come? Whither did the treasure-giver come?
  Whither did the seats of feasts come? Where are the hall-joys?
  Alack and alas, bright cup! Alack and alas, mailed warrior!
  Alack and alas, the army of the king! How did the time pass,
  grow dark under the cover of night, as if it never did.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	mearh	mēaras
accusative	mearh	mēaras
genitive	mēares	mēara
dative	mēare	mēarum

Noun

mearh m (nominative plural mēaras)

sausage

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	mearh	mēaras
accusative	mearh	mēaras
genitive	mēares	mēara
dative	mēare	mēarum

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

mearh n

Alternative form of mearg

mearh

Old English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

Declension

Related terms

See also

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun