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Old English Dictionary Entry

Marc

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1 marc

n. A mark, half a pound (in the laws only the half-mark occurs) :-- Swíðe strang gyld, ðæt wæs viii. marc, Chr. 1040; Erl. 166, 21. Six marc silures .. áne marc goldes, Chart. Th. 566, 21-29. ii marc gold, 567, 33. Tó marc goldes tó ðe kynges heregete and half-marc goldes ðe erl Harold and half-marc goldes Stígand bisscop, 573, 10-14. Wið x marcun goldes, Wanl. Cat. 150, 11. Gilde x healfmarc, L. N. P. L. 48; Th. ii. 298, 2. (See also several of the following paragraphs.) Tó viii. healfmarcum ásodenes goldes, L. A. G. 2; Th. i. 154, 1. [O. Frs. merk, mark; f: Icel. mörk; f: M. Lat. marca.] marc
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛗᚪᚱᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icelandic
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Latin
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Latin

Works & Authors

Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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