mearh

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

Old English

FWOTD – 22 November 2024

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mæ͜ɑrx/, [mæ͜ɑrˠx]

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *marh.

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

Noun

mearh m (nominative plural mēaras)

  1. 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

See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *marhu.

Alternative forms

Noun

mearh m (nominative plural mēaras)

  1. sausage
Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative mearh mēaras
accusative mearh mēaras
genitive mēares mēara
dative mēare mēarum
Derived terms
  • mearhġehæcc
  • mearhhæċċel

Etymology 3

Noun

mearh n

  1. alternative form of mearg
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