Mearc-béce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Mearc-béce

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 mearc-béce

f. A beech-tree which forms part of a boundary :-- Ðis synd ðæra viii. hída landgeméra ... tó ðære mearcbécean; of ðære bécean, Cod. Dip. B. i. 295, 9. On ða ealdan mearce bécan, 296, 26. mearc-bece

Runic Inscription

ᛗᛠᚱᚳ-ᛒᛖᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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