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mere-men

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
mere-men, mere-menn, e; f.
A siren
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  • Meremen

    sirena,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 6.
  • Meremenna

    sirenarum,

    • Hpt. Gl. 498, 65.
Etymology
[
Brutus iherde siggen þurh his sæmonnen of þan ufele ginnen þe cuðen þa mereminnen, Laym. 1337
:
O. H. Ger. mer-min siren; meri-meni, -menni scylla.
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v. next word and Grmm. D. M. 404-407.
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