"mare" meaning in Old English

See mare in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɑ.re/
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer- Proto-Indo-European *mor-der. Proto-Germanic *marǭ Proto-West Germanic *marā Old English mare From Proto-West Germanic *marā. Etymology templates: {{ety|ang|:inh|gmw-pro:*marā|tree=+}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer- Proto-Indo-European *mor-der. Proto-Germanic *marǭ Proto-West Germanic *marā Old English mare [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "die", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*mer-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*mor-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*marǭ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*marā", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "mare", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" }" data-lang="ang" data-title="mare">, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*marā}} Proto-West Germanic *marā, {{ety|ang|:inh|gmw-pro:*marā|tree=+}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer- Proto-Indo-European *mor-der. Proto-Germanic *marǭ Proto-West Germanic *marā Old English mare Head templates: {{ang-noun|f|maran}} mare f (nominative plural maran) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-f|mar}}, {{ang-decl-noun|mare|maran|maran|maran|maran|marena|maran|marum|num=|title=|type=weak n-stem}} Forms: maran [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], mare [nominative, singular], maran [nominative, plural], maran [accusative, singular], maran [accusative, plural], maran [genitive, singular], marena [genitive, plural], maran [dative, singular], marum [dative, plural]
  1. mare (evil spirit thought to torment people in their sleep) Tags: feminine Derived forms: *nihtmare
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