Mere-menen

Old English Dictionary Entry

Mere-menen

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -mennen, e; Related words:

Definitions

1 mere-menen

f. A siren :-- Meremenin sirina, Wülck. 47, 7. Meremennena sirenarum, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 12. [Cf. Icel. mar-mennill; m. a sea-goblin.] Cf. mere-wíf. mere-menen

Runic Inscription

ᛗᛖᚱᛖ-ᛗᛖᚾᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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