"Mierce" meaning in Old English

See Mierce in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈmi͜yr.t͡ʃe/, [ˈmi͜yrˠ.t͡ʃe]
Etymology: Literally, “border people”, from mearc (“border”). Etymology templates: {{m-g|border people}} “border people”, {{lit|border people}} Literally, “border people” Head templates: {{head|ang|proper nouns|g=m-p|g2=|g3=|g4=|g5=|head=Mierċe|sort=}} Mierċe m pl, {{ang-proper noun|g=m-p|head=Mierċe}} Mierċe m pl Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun||Mierċe||Mierċe||Miercna||Mierċum|type=strong i-stem}} Forms: Mierċe [canonical, masculine, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], - [nominative, singular], Mierċe [nominative, plural], - [accusative, singular], Mierċe [accusative, plural], - [genitive, singular], Miercna [genitive, plural], - [dative, singular], Mierċum [dative, plural], Merċe [alternative], Myrċe [alternative], Mearce [alternative]
  1. the Mercians Tags: West-Saxon Categories (place): Counties of England
    Sense id: en-Mierce-ang-name-AHzbBi7i Disambiguation of Counties of England: 89 11 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English pluralia tantum, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, West Saxon Old English Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Old English pluralia tantum: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of West Saxon Old English: 91 9
  2. Mercia Tags: West-Saxon
    Sense id: en-Mierce-ang-name-CbsfdvUc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Mierċisċ, Norþmierce, Sūþmierce
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Mierċisċ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Norþmierce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Sūþmierce"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "border people"
      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "border people"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “border people”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “border people”, from mearc (“border”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "Mierċe",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ang-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mierċe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mierċe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Miercna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mierċum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Merċe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Myrċe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mearce",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "g": "m-p",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "g5": "",
        "head": "Mierċe",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Mierċe m pl",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m-p",
        "head": "Mierċe"
      },
      "expansion": "Mierċe m pl",
      "name": "ang-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "Mierċe",
        "3": "",
        "4": "Mierċe",
        "5": "",
        "6": "Miercna",
        "7": "",
        "8": "Mierċum",
        "type": "strong i-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English pluralia tantum",
          "parents": [
            "Pluralia tantum",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "West Saxon Old English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "place",
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          "name": "Counties of England",
          "orig": "ang:Counties of England",
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            "Places",
            "Political divisions",
            "Names",
            "Polities",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And from Anglia came the East Angles and the Middle Angles and the Mercians and all the Northumbrians...",
          "text": "late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History\nAnd of Engle cōman Ēastengle ⁊ Middelengle ⁊ Myrċe ⁊ eall Norðhembra cynn...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the Mercians"
      ],
      "id": "en-Mierce-ang-name-AHzbBi7i",
      "links": [
        [
          "Mercians",
          "Mercians"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Year 716 In this year Ceolred, king of Mercia, died, and his body rests in Litchfield.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCXVI ⁊ on þām ilcan ġēare Ċeolrēd Miercna cyning forþferde, ⁊ his līċ resteþ on Licetfelda.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Year 773 In this year a red crucifix appeared in the heavens after the setting of the sun. And in that year, Mercia and Kent fought at Otford.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCLXXIII Hēr ōþēowde rēad Crīstes mǣl on heofonum æfter sunnan setlgange. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġefuhtan Myrċe ⁊ Cantware æt Ottanforda.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mercia"
      ],
      "id": "en-Mierce-ang-name-CbsfdvUc",
      "links": [
        [
          "Mercia",
          "Mercia"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi͜yr.t͡ʃe/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmi͜yrˠ.t͡ʃe]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Mierce"
}
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    "Old English lemmas",
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    "Old English pluralia tantum",
    "Old English proper nouns",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "West Saxon Old English",
    "ang:Counties of England"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Mierċisċ"
    },
    {
      "word": "Norþmierce"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sūþmierce"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "border people"
      },
      "expansion": "“border people”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "border people"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “border people”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “border people”, from mearc (“border”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Mierċe",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mierċe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mierċe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Miercna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mierċum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Merċe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Myrċe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mearce",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "proper nouns",
        "g": "m-p",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "g5": "",
        "head": "Mierċe",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Mierċe m pl",
      "name": "head"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "head": "Mierċe"
      },
      "expansion": "Mierċe m pl",
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  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "Mierċe",
        "3": "",
        "4": "Mierċe",
        "5": "",
        "6": "Miercna",
        "7": "",
        "8": "Mierċum",
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And from Anglia came the East Angles and the Middle Angles and the Mercians and all the Northumbrians...",
          "text": "late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History\nAnd of Engle cōman Ēastengle ⁊ Middelengle ⁊ Myrċe ⁊ eall Norðhembra cynn...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Year 716 In this year Ceolred, king of Mercia, died, and his body rests in Litchfield.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCXVI ⁊ on þām ilcan ġēare Ċeolrēd Miercna cyning forþferde, ⁊ his līċ resteþ on Licetfelda.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Year 773 In this year a red crucifix appeared in the heavens after the setting of the sun. And in that year, Mercia and Kent fought at Otford.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCLXXIII Hēr ōþēowde rēad Crīstes mǣl on heofonum æfter sunnan setlgange. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġefuhtan Myrċe ⁊ Cantware æt Ottanforda.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mercia"
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        [
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      ],
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        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi͜yr.t͡ʃe/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmi͜yrˠ.t͡ʃe]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Mierce"
}

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