f. I. a mark, sign made upon a thing :-- Tácon l merca titulus, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 26. Cf. onmerca inscribtio, 12, 16. Merce l stæfes heafud apicem, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 17. Mearce caracteres, Wrt Voc. ii. 23, 81. II. a mark, ensign :-- Hé nam ðone stán and árǽrde hine tó mearce (in titulum; for a pillar, A. titulos; pillars, A. victricia tollite signa, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 64; Som. 13, 66. [O. Fr. merke; f. a mark; macula: Icel. mark; n. a mark, sign; merki; n. a mark, landmark; standard: O. H. Ger. marcha, marca titulus: M. H. Ger. marc; n. a sign.] mearc