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á-mearcian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to give the form or limits of,
write out, to describe, define
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  • Þá Homérus on hys bócum ámearcode

    Homer gives these particulars in his books,

      Lch. i. 168, 17.
  • Wé wyllað þás þing preóstum ámearkian,

      Angl. viii. 304, 37.
  • Nú wylle wé heom hér ámearkian eall gewiss ymbe his ryne,

      328, 14.
  • Yfen hér æfter ys ámearkod

    the symbol for the hyphen is given afterwards,

      333, 30.
  • Þǽra mónða naman synd hér ámearcode,

      298, 8.
to mark out, distinguish by a mark
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  • Ǽlc þǽra stæpa þe wé gestæppað, ealle hí beóð ámétte and ámearcode mid gildenum stafum on heofenum,

      Wlfst. 302, 28.
to mark, give a distinguishing form to, denote
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  • Týn híw habbað þá bóceras mid þám hig tódǽlað and ámearkiað heora accentas,

      Angl. viii. 333, 22.
  • Yfen ys þus ámearcod, 31. III a. to mark by a name,

    to denominate

    :-- Synt þá feówer tíman ámearcod lengten, sumor, hærfest, and winter,
      299, 23.
to mark out for an end,
to design, destine, assign
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  • Mid eallum þám þingum on circulum þe þá þeódwitan þǽrtó ámearcodon,

      321, 41.
  • Stów gecwéme gebróþrum sí ámearcud (

    designetur

    ),
      Angl. xiii. 397, 461.
  • Syndan wé nú eft þider ámearcode tó þám gefeán neorxna wanges,

      Wlfst. 252, 14.
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v.  mearcian.
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