Mearc-stapa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Mearc-stapa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: Kemble's Saxons in England, i. 48. mearc-stapa

Definitions

1 mearc-stapa

m. One who wanders about the desolate mark or border-land :-- Grendel, mǽre mearcstapa, Beo. Th. 206; B. 103. Hié gesáwon swylce twegen micle mearcstapan móras healdan; óðer wæs idese onlícnes óðer on weres wæstmum wræclástas træd ... Hié dýgel lond warigeaþ, wulfhleoþu, windige næssas, frécne fengelád, 2698-2722; B. 1347-1359.

Runic Inscription

ᛗᛠᚱᚳ-ᛋᛏᚪᛈᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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