Mere-grot
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - mere-grot
According to the Old English Dictionary:
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- mere-grot
- n. A pebble or stone of the sea, a pearl :-- Ne forlǽte ic ðé nǽfre, mín meregrot! Blickl. Homl. 149, 2. Is heofena ríce gelíc ðam mangere ðe sóhte ðæt góde meregrot. Ðá hé funde ðæt án deórwyrðe meregrot ðá bohte hé ðæt meregrot, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 45-46. Bergean swylce meregrota (margaritæ), Nar. 37, 29. Gefrætwod swá swá mid meregrotum, Homl. Th. i. 596, 8. [Cf. O. H. Ger. meri-grioz margarita, unio.]