Mearc-stede
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - mearc-stede
According to the Old English Dictionary:
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- mearc-stede
- m. Desolate, border-land :-- Saga mé from ðam lande ðǽr nǽnig fira ne mæg fótum gestæppan ... Hé on ðam felde geslóg xxv dracena,.. forðan ðás foldan ne mæg fira ǽnig, ðone mearcstede, mon gesécan, fugol gefleógan, ne ðon má foldan neát, Salm. Kmbl. 418-436; Sal. 209-218.