mermayde

English

Noun

mermayde (plural mermaydes)

1. Obsolete spelling of mermaid. [14th–17th c.]

Anagrams

• yammered

Middle English

Noun

mermayde (plural mermaydes)

1. mermaid
   • 1382, Geoffrey Chaucer, “Book I”, in Boece‎^[1]:

     ...but goth now rather awey ye Mermaydenes / whiche þat ben swete til it be at the laste...

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