Mere-grot

Old English Dictionary Entry

Mere-grot

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: next word. mere-grot

Definitions

1 mere-grot

n. A pebble or stone of the sea, a pearl :-- Ne forlǽte ic ðé nǽfre, mín meregrot! Blickl. Homl. 149, 2. Is heofena ríce gelíc ðam mangere ðe sóhte ðæt góde meregrot. Ðá hé funde ðæt án deórwyrðe meregrot ðá bohte hé ðæt meregrot, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 45-46. Bergean swylce meregrota (margaritæ), Nar. 37, 29. Gefrætwod swá swá mid meregrotum, Homl. Th. i. 596, 8. [Cf. O. H. Ger. meri-grioz margarita, unio.]

Runic Inscription

ᛗᛖᚱᛖ-ᚷᚱᚩᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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