Mersc-ware

Old English Dictionary Entry

Mersc-ware

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 Mersc-ware

pl. The inhabitants of marshy land :-- Myrcena cining oferhergode Cantware and Merscware (men of RomneyMarsh), Chr, 796; Erl. 59, 40. Monige on Merscwarum many of the men of the fens, 838; Erl. 66, 12. mersc-ware

Runic Inscription

ᛗᛖᚱᛋᚳ-ᚹᚪᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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