Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

mearc-stede

  • noun [ masculine ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
mearc-stede, es; m.
Desolate, border-land
Show examples
  • Saga mé from ðam lande ðǽr nǽnig fira ne mæg fótum gestæppan ... Hé on ðam felde geslóg xxv dracena,.. forðan ðás foldan ne mæg fira ǽnig, ðone mearcstede, mon gesécan, fugol gefleógan, ne ðon má foldan neát,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 418-436
    • ;
    • Sal. 209-218.
    • v. preceding word.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • mearc-stede, n.