Old English Dictionary Entry

Mere-torht

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1 mere-torht

adj. Bright from bathing in the sea (epithet of morning) :-- Sió sunne brencþ eorþwarum morgen meretorhtne the sun rising from the sea brings bright morn to men, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 121; Met. 13, 61. Becwom ofer gársecges [begong] morgen mæretorht [or mǽretorht splendidly bright, cf. O. H. Ger. mári-mihil], Cd. 160; Th. 199, 29; Exod. 346. Cf. mere-candel. mere-torht

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Runic Inscription

ᛗᛖᚱᛖ-ᛏᚩᚱᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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