mære
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun
Gender: Masculine
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mǽre
a boundary. Add :-- Se ilca forwyrnð þǽræ sǽ þ̵ heó ne mót þone þeorscwold oferstæppan þǽre eorþan (mǽru follows eorðan above the line), Bt. 21 ; S. 49, n. 3. In mǽru Magedan in fines Magedan, Mt. R. 15, 39. [v. N. E. D. mere, mear a boundary : D. D. mear.]
-mǽre
illustrious. I. add :-- Mǽran illustris (Agnae gloriosum exemplar), An. Ox. 4276. II. add :-- Mǽre sublimis (celsitudo), An. Ox. 1007. Hú beorht, mǽre, ǽnlic o preclara (virginitatis gratia), 1266. Mǽre celeberrimns, i. excellentissimus (Agathae rumor), 3937. On þǽm mǽran fæstene in celeberrimo (Alexandriae) municipio, 3418. On mǽrum in summo (virginitatis proposito), 5, 21. Mǽran potiorem (virginitatis gloriam), 4153. Swearm þá mæran mǽdo bereáfað examen amoena prata popiilatur, 137. [v. N.
