"mere" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈme.re/
Rhymes: -e.re Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *mari (“sea, lake”). Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian mere (West Frisian mar), Old Saxon meri (Low German Meer), Dutch meer, Old High German meri (German Meer), Old Norse marr (Swedish mar). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin mare, Old Irish muir (Breton mor), Old Church Slavonic море (more) (Russian мо́ре (móre)), Lithuanian mãre. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*mari|t=sea, lake}} Proto-West Germanic *mari (“sea, lake”), {{col-top|2|cog}} Cognates, {{cog|ofs|mere}} Old Frisian mere, {{cog|fy|mar}} West Frisian mar, {{cog|osx|meri}} Old Saxon meri, {{cog|nds|Meer}} Low German Meer, {{cog|nl|meer}} Dutch meer, {{cog|goh|meri}} Old High German meri, {{cog|de|Meer}} German Meer, {{cog|non|marr}} Old Norse marr, {{cog|sv|mar}} Swedish mar, {{cog|la|mare}} Latin mare, {{cog|sga|muir}} Old Irish muir, {{cog|br|mor}} Breton mor, {{cog|cu|море}} Old Church Slavonic море (more), {{cog|ru|мо́ре}} Russian мо́ре (móre), {{cog|lt|mãre}} Lithuanian mãre Head templates: {{ang-noun|m}} mere m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-i-m|mer|short=1}}, {{ang-decl-noun|mere|meras|mere|meras|meres|mera|mere|merum|num=|title=|type=strong i-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], mere [nominative, singular], meras [nominative, plural], mere [accusative, singular], meras [accusative, plural], meres [genitive, singular], mera [genitive, plural], mere [dative, singular], merum [dative, plural]
  1. lake Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mere-ang-noun-bwIfAmjV Categories (other): Water Disambiguation of Water: 49 0 49 2 1 0
  2. pool Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mere-ang-noun-J8rFUDg2
  3. (poetic or in compounds) sea Tags: in-compounds, masculine, poetic
    Sense id: en-mere-ang-noun-SmnxnIwm Categories (other): Water Disambiguation of Water: 49 0 49 2 1 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hellemere, meredēaþ, meregrot, merehūs (english: Noah's ark), mereswīn, ȳþmere Related terms: ēa (english: river), gārseċġ (english: ocean), sǣ (english: sea), strēam (english: stream)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈme.re/
Rhymes: -e.re Head templates: {{ang-noun|f}} mere f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-f|mer}}, {{ang-decl-noun|mere|meran|meran|meran|meran|merena|meran|merum|num=|title=|type=weak n-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], mere [nominative, singular], meran [nominative, plural], meran [accusative, singular], meran [accusative, plural], meran [genitive, singular], merena [genitive, plural], meran [dative, singular], merum [dative, plural]
  1. a mare (female horse) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mere-ang-noun-W1TNzOS5 Categories (other): Anglian Old English, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Anglian Old English: 4 4 11 42 9 32 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 9 39 12 34
  2. a female camel Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mere-ang-noun-0WgpPJHE Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 9 39 12 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mearh
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈme.re/
Rhymes: -e.re Head templates: {{head|ang|verb form|head=mere}} mere, {{tlb|ang|Anglian}} (Anglian)
  1. singular imperative of merran Tags: Anglian, form-of, imperative, singular Form of: merran
    Sense id: en-mere-ang-verb-KB1a9vDJ Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 9 39 12 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hellemere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "meredēaþ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "meregrot"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "Noah's ark",
      "translation": "Noah's ark",
      "word": "merehūs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mereswīn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ȳþmere"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "mere"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "mere"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "mere"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*mari",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mari"
    ],
    [
      "mere",
      "mere#Old_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "mar",
      "mar#West_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "meri",
      "meri#Old_Saxon"
    ],
    [
      "Meer",
      "Meer#Low_German"
    ],
    [
      "meer",
      "meer#Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "meri",
      "meri#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "Meer",
      "Meer#German"
    ],
    [
      "marr",
      "marr#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "mar",
      "mar#Swedish"
    ],
    [
      "mare",
      "mare#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "muir",
      "muir#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "mor",
      "mor#Breton"
    ],
    [
      "море",
      "море#Old_Church_Slavonic"
    ],
    [
      "мо́ре",
      "море#Russian"
    ],
    [
      "mãre",
      "mare#Lithuanian"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*mari",
        "t": "sea, lake"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mari (“sea, lake”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "2",
        "2": "cog"
      },
      "expansion": "Cognates",
      "name": "col-top"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "mere"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian mere",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "mar"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian mar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "meri"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon meri",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Meer"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German Meer",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "meer"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch meer",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "meri"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German meri",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Meer"
      },
      "expansion": "German Meer",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "marr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse marr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "mar"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish mar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "mare"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin mare",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "muir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish muir",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "mor"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton mor",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "море"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic море (more)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "мо́ре"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian мо́ре (móre)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "mãre"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian mãre",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *mari (“sea, lake”).\nCognates\nCognate with Old Frisian mere (West Frisian mar), Old Saxon meri (Low German Meer), Dutch meer, Old High German meri (German Meer), Old Norse marr (Swedish mar). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin mare, Old Irish muir (Breton mor), Old Church Slavonic море (more) (Russian мо́ре (móre)), Lithuanian mãre.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-i-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meras",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meras",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "merum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "mere m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mer",
        "short": "1"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-i-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mere",
        "2": "meras",
        "3": "mere",
        "4": "meras",
        "5": "meres",
        "6": "mera",
        "7": "mere",
        "8": "merum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong i-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "river",
      "translation": "river",
      "word": "ēa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "ocean",
      "translation": "ocean",
      "word": "gārseċġ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "sea",
      "translation": "sea",
      "word": "sǣ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "stream",
      "translation": "stream",
      "word": "strēam"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 0 49 2 1 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Water",
          "orig": "ang:Water",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lake"
      ],
      "id": "en-mere-ang-noun-bwIfAmjV",
      "links": [
        [
          "lake",
          "lake"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pool"
      ],
      "id": "en-mere-ang-noun-J8rFUDg2",
      "links": [
        [
          "pool",
          "pool"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 0 49 2 1 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Water",
          "orig": "ang:Water",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sea"
      ],
      "id": "en-mere-ang-noun-SmnxnIwm",
      "links": [
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic or in compounds) sea"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "masculine",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e.re"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mere"
}

{
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-n-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meran",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meran",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meran",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meran",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "merena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meran",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "merum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "mere f",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mer"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mere",
        "2": "meran",
        "3": "meran",
        "4": "meran",
        "5": "meran",
        "6": "merena",
        "7": "meran",
        "8": "merum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak n-stem"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mearh"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 11 42 9 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Anglian Old English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 9 39 12 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a mare (female horse)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mere-ang-noun-W1TNzOS5",
      "links": [
        [
          "mare",
          "mare"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 9 39 12 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Those who are bold enough to take the gold bring with them male camels and female camels with their calves. They tie up the calves before they cross over the river. They load the gold on the mares, and sit on them themselves, leave the males there.",
          "text": "Wonders of the East\nÐā menn ðe tō ðām dyrstiġe beoð þæt hī þæt gold nimen, þonne lǣdað hī mid him olfenda myran mid hyra folan ⁊ stēdan. Þā folan hī getīġað ǣr hī ofer þā ēa faran. Þæt gold hī gefǣtað on ðā myran ⁊ his sylfe onsittað ⁊ þā stēdan þǣr forlǣtað.",
          "translation": "Those who are bold enough to take the gold bring with them male camels and female camels with their calves. They tie up the calves before they cross over the river. They load the gold on the mares, and sit on them themselves, leave the males there.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female camel"
      ],
      "id": "en-mere-ang-noun-0WgpPJHE",
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "camel",
          "camel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e.re"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mere"
}

{
  "etymology_number": "3",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "mere"
      },
      "expansion": "mere",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "Anglian"
      },
      "expansion": "(Anglian)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 9 39 12 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "merran"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "singular imperative of merran"
      ],
      "id": "en-mere-ang-verb-KB1a9vDJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "merran",
          "merran#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Anglian",
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e.re"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mere"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Anglian Old English",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English i-stem nouns",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English masculine nouns",
    "Old English non-lemma forms",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verb forms",
    "Pages with 16 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Old English/e.re",
    "Rhymes:Old English/e.re/2 syllables",
    "ang:Water"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "hellemere"
    },
    {
      "word": "meredēaþ"
    },
    {
      "word": "meregrot"
    },
    {
      "english": "Noah's ark",
      "translation": "Noah's ark",
      "word": "merehūs"
    },
    {
      "word": "mereswīn"
    },
    {
      "word": "ȳþmere"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "mere"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "mere"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "mere"
    }
  ],
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    [
      "*mari",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mari"
    ],
    [
      "mere",
      "mere#Old_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "mar",
      "mar#West_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "meri",
      "meri#Old_Saxon"
    ],
    [
      "Meer",
      "Meer#Low_German"
    ],
    [
      "meer",
      "meer#Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "meri",
      "meri#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "Meer",
      "Meer#German"
    ],
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      "marr",
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    ],
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      "mar",
      "mar#Swedish"
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      "mare",
      "mare#Latin"
    ],
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    ],
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      "mor",
      "mor#Breton"
    ],
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      "море",
      "море#Old_Church_Slavonic"
    ],
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      "мо́ре",
      "море#Russian"
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "mare"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin mare",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish muir",
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        "2": "mor"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "море"
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      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic море (more)",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "мо́ре"
      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "mãre"
      },
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mere",
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      "form": "meras",
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      "form": "meres",
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    },
    {
      "form": "mera",
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        "genitive",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "mere",
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      "form": "merum",
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  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "english": "river",
      "translation": "river",
      "word": "ēa"
    },
    {
      "english": "ocean",
      "translation": "ocean",
      "word": "gārseċġ"
    },
    {
      "english": "sea",
      "translation": "sea",
      "word": "sǣ"
    },
    {
      "english": "stream",
      "translation": "stream",
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    }
  ],
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    {
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        "masculine"
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      "glosses": [
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.re/"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-e.re"
    }
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}

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      "form": "meran",
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      "form": "meran",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meran",
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      "form": "merena",
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        "genitive",
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      ]
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      "form": "meran",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "merum",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "mer"
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  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "mearh"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "a mare (female horse)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mare",
          "mare"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "english": "Those who are bold enough to take the gold bring with them male camels and female camels with their calves. They tie up the calves before they cross over the river. They load the gold on the mares, and sit on them themselves, leave the males there.",
          "text": "Wonders of the East\nÐā menn ðe tō ðām dyrstiġe beoð þæt hī þæt gold nimen, þonne lǣdað hī mid him olfenda myran mid hyra folan ⁊ stēdan. Þā folan hī getīġað ǣr hī ofer þā ēa faran. Þæt gold hī gefǣtað on ðā myran ⁊ his sylfe onsittað ⁊ þā stēdan þǣr forlǣtað.",
          "translation": "Those who are bold enough to take the gold bring with them male camels and female camels with their calves. They tie up the calves before they cross over the river. They load the gold on the mares, and sit on them themselves, leave the males there.",
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      ],
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        "a female camel"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e.re"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mere"
}

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  "pos": "verb",
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        "singular imperative of merran"
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          "merran",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e.re"
    }
  ],
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}

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