Market

Old English Dictionary Entry

Market

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: geár-market. market

Definitions

1 market

n. Market :-- Ðat market æt Dúnhám mercatum de Dunham, Chart. Th. 422, 20 (a charter of Edward the Confessor). [Market and toll. Ic wille ðat markete beó in þe selue tún, Chr. 963; Erl. 122, 5-18.] [O. Frs. merked, market: Icel. markaðr: O. H. Ger. markat mercatus, forum; all from Latin mercatus.]

Runic Inscription

ᛗᚪᚱᚳᛖᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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