Mere-men[n]

Old English Dictionary Entry

Mere-men[n]

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words: next word and Grmm. D. M. 404-407. mere-menn

Definitions

1 mere-men[n]

f. A siren :-- Meremen sirena, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 6. Meremenna sirenarum, Hpt. Gl. 498, 65. [Brutus iherde siggen þurh his sæmonnen of þan ufele ginnen þe cuðen þa mereminnen, Laym. 1337: O. H. Ger. mer-min siren; meri-meni, -menni scylla.]

Runic Inscription

ᛗᛖᚱᛖ-ᛗᛖᚾ[ᚾ]

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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