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land-mearc

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
land-mearc, e; f.
Boundary of an estate or of a country
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  • Seó landmearce líþ of Terstán upp be Hohtúninga mearce,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 189, 5
    • .
  • Londmearce neáh

    near to the land's boundary,

    • Exon. 75 a
    • ;
    • Th. 280, 27
    • ;
    • Jul. 635
    • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. lant-marcha funiculum.
]
Similar entries
Cf.land-gemǽre, -gemirce.
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