mareis

Middle English

Noun

mareis

alternative form of mareys

Old French

Alternative forms

maresc, marois

Etymology

From Medieval Latin mariscus, from Frankish *marisk (“marsh, swamp”).

Noun

mareis oblique singular, m (oblique plural mareis, nominative singular mareis, nominative plural mareis)

marsh
- c. 1250, Marie de France, Yonec:
  devers le burc sunt li mareis
  in front of the city are the marshes

Descendants

Norman: mathais (Jersey)
Middle French: marais
- French: marais, marécage
→ Middle Dutch: marasch
- Dutch: moeras
- → English: morass
- → Middle Low German: mōras
  - → German: Morast
→ Middle English: mareys
- English: marish

Portuguese

Verb

mareis

second-person plural present subjunctive of marar