"mere" meaning in Middle English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Old English mǣre (“famous, great, excellent”), from Proto-West Germanic *mārī, from Proto-Germanic *mērijaz, *mēraz (“excellent, famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *mēros (“large, handsome”). Cognate with Middle High German mære (“famous”), Icelandic mærr (“famous”), and German Mär, Märchen (“fairy tale”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|mǣre|t=famous, great, excellent}} Old English mǣre (“famous, great, excellent”), {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*mārī}} Proto-West Germanic *mārī, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*mērijaz}} Proto-Germanic *mērijaz, {{m|gem-pro|*mēraz|t=excellent, famous}} *mēraz (“excellent, famous”), {{der|enm|ine-pro|*mēros|t=large, handsome}} Proto-Indo-European *mēros (“large, handsome”), {{cog|gmh|mære|t=famous}} Middle High German mære (“famous”), {{cog|is|mærr|t=famous}} Icelandic mærr (“famous”), {{cog|de|Mär}} German Mär, {{m|de|Märchen|t=fairy tale}} Märchen (“fairy tale”) Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} mere, {{enm-adj}} mere
  1. (of God or Saints) glorious, renowned.
    Sense id: en-mere-enm-adj-dTi6nCEK
  2. (of persons) illustrious, noble, great.
    Sense id: en-mere-enm-adj-PkKy-l1a Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 68 1 1 25
  3. beautiful, fair.
    Sense id: en-mere-enm-adj-7LS1nVaZ
  4. splendid, fine, good.
    Sense id: en-mere-enm-adj-6kRZ8RIm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mer, mare, mære, meare
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: meres [plural]
Etymology: From Old English mǣre, ġemǣre (“boundary; limit”), from Proto-Germanic *mairiją (“boundary”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fence”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|mǣre}} Old English mǣre, {{m|ang|ġemǣre|t=boundary; limit}} ġemǣre (“boundary; limit”), {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*mairiją|t=boundary}} Proto-Germanic *mairiją (“boundary”), {{der|enm|ine-pro|*mey-|t=to fence}} Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fence”) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} mere, {{enm-noun}} mere (plural meres)
  1. boundary, border Synonyms: merre, mær
    Sense id: en-mere-enm-noun-GpwqJT0o
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mer, mare
Etymology number: 1

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