mearh

See also: marr, märr, marre, marra, marrë, märra, and merr

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæ͜ɑrx/, [mæ͜ɑrˠx]

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *marh.

Cognates

Cognate with Old Frisian mar (“horse”), merie (“mare”) (West Frisian merje (“mare”)), Old Saxon merge, meriha (“mare”), Dutch merrie (“mare”), Old High German marah (“horse”), meriha (“mare”) (German Mähre (“mare”)), Old Norse marr (“horse”) (Icelandic mar), merr (“mare”) (Swedish märr (“mare”)), Gothic *𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌷𐍃 (*marhs). Beyond Germanic, cognate to Irish marc and Welsh march (“horse”).

Alternative forms

• mear, mearg

Noun

mearh m (nominative plural mēaras)

1. horse, steed

Declension

Declension of mearh (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mearh	mēaras
accusative	mearh	mēaras
genitive	mēares	mēara
dative	mēare	mēarum

Related terms

• mere, miere

See also

• eoh

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *marhu.

Alternative forms

• mærh, merg, mearg, meargh, mærc

Noun

mearh m (nominative plural mēaras)

1. sausage

Declension

Declension of mearh (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mearh	mēaras
accusative	mearh	mēaras
genitive	mēares	mēara
dative	mēare	mēarum

Derived terms

• mearhġehæcc
• mearhhæċċel

Etymology 3

Noun

mearh n

1. Alternative form of mearg