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mearcian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
mearcian, p. ode(mearc a mark).
to make a mark on anything
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  • Hé byreþ blódig wæl ... mearcaþ (

    marks with blood

    ) mórhopu,
    • Beo. Th. 904
      • ;
    • B. 450.

  • Mearciaþ on marmstáne hwonne se dæg and seó tíd geeáwe

    in marmore signant titulo remque diemque,

    • Exon. 60 b
      • ;
    • Th. 221, 11
      • ;
    • Ph. 333.

  • Mearcode

    sulcaret ł scriberet ł labararet,

    • Hpt. Gl. 465, 6.

  • Hé mearcode ða stówe,

    • Homl. ii. 160, 35,

  • Mearca ðé sylfne mid tácne ðære hálgan róde,

    • i. 534, 22.

  • Mearcie (

    brand

    )

    man hine (þeówman) æt ðam forman cyrre,

    • L. C. S. 32
      • ;
    • Th. i. 396, 9.

  • Mercande

    signantes,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 66.
to mark out, design
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  • Ǽlc cræftega þencþ and mearcaþ his weorc on his móde ǽr hé it wyrce

    every artificer considers and marks out his work in his mind before he does it,

    • Bt. 39, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 220, 4.

  • Him tó gingran metot mearcode

    the Lord marked them out for his servants,

    • Cd. 23
      • ;
    • Th. 29, 33
      • ;
    • Gen. 459.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. markón to mark out
:
O. Frs. merkia
:
Icel. marka to mark; mark out, design; merkja to mark
:
O. H. Ger. marchón significare, notare; markjan, markén notare, designare.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-, tó-mearcian; foremearcod.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “mearcian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/22490.

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