Mersc-mealwe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Mersc-mealwe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

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1 mersc-mealwe

f. Marsh-mallow :-- Merscmealewe althea, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 20. Merscmealwe hibiscum, ii. 43, 3. Merscmealuwe. Ðeós wyrt ðe man hibiscum and óðrum naman merscmealwe (-mealuwe, MS. B.) nemnaþ, Herb. 39; Lchdm. i. 140, 3-5. Merscmealwan crop, L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 350, 24. Nim merscmealwan, 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 312, 12. mersc-mealwe

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ᛗᛖᚱᛋᚳ-ᛗᛠᛚᚹᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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