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mearh

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
mearh, g. meares; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§66; §149; §172; §328; §329; §334; §337;
A horse, steed
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  • Mearh moldan træd,

    • Elen. Kmbl.109
    • ;
    • El. 55.
  • Cyninges mearh,

    • 2383
    • ;
    • El. 1193.
  • Se swifta mearh burhstede beáteþ,

    • Beo. Th. 4521
    • ;
    • B. 2264.
  • Hwǽr cwom mearg, hwǽr cwom mago,

    • Exon. 77 b
    • ;
    • Th. 291, 34
    • ;
    • Wand. 92.
  • Sum biþ meares gleáw

    one is skilful in the management of a steed,

    • 79 a
    • ;
    • Th. 297, 17
    • ;
    • Crä. 69.
  • Tomes meares,

    • 91 a
    • ;
    • Th. 342, 13
    • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 142.
  • Ðá hé on meare rád, on wlancan ðam wicge,

    • Byrht. Th. 135, 54: Elen. Kmbl. 2349
    • ;
    • El. 1176.
  • Ðe him mænigne mear gesealde,

    • Byrht. Th. 137, 19
    • ;
    • By. 188.
  • Eahta mearas,

    • Beo. Th. 2075
    • ;
    • B. 1035.
  • Fealwe mearas,

    • 1735
    • ;
    • B. 865.
  • Mearas æppelfealuwe,

    • 4333
    • .
  • Meara and máðnsa,

    • 4338
    • ;
    • B. 2166.
  • Mearum and máðmum,

    • 3800
    • ;
    • B. 1898.
  • Beornas cómon wiggum gengan on mearum módige,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2,193
    • ;
    • An. 1098.
Etymology
[
Icel. marr a steed (in poetry; used in compounds, e.g. vág-marr wavesteed, of ships
:
O. H. Ger. marah, march equus.
]
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v. lagu-, sǽ-, ýðmearh.
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  • mearh, n.