Noun: meregrot
Gender: n
Nominative
| Singular | meregrot |
| Plural | meregrotu |
Genitive
| Singular | meregrotes |
| Plural | meregrota |
Dative
| Singular | meregrote |
| Plural | meregrotum |
Accusative
| Singular | meregrot |
| Plural | meregrotu |
Sample Sentences
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late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
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Swylċe ēac þēos eorþe is berende missenlīcra fugela ⁊ sǣwihta ⁊ hēr bēoþ oft fanġene seolas ⁊ hronas and mereswȳn; ⁊ hēr bēoþ oft numene missenlīcra cynna weolcsċylle ⁊ muscule, ⁊ on þām oft ġemette þā betstan meregrotan ǣlces hīwes. (This land also bears various birds and sea creatures, and seals, porpoises, and dolphins are often caught here; and various kinds of mussels and shellfish are often taken, and in them the best pearls of every color are often found.)
Nouns inflected like meregrot
bereærn,
ymbren,
meregrot,
wæscern,
gangern,
efenwerod,
wintersetl,
unswefn,
efnwerod,
hellegod,
cynesetl,
earsþerl,
þiccett,
æfdæl,
eorþern,
eorðærn,
handbred,
deorf,
eafoþ,
eolet, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Probably from Late Latin margarita, recast by folk etymology as though mere (“sea”) + grot (“particle”). Compare also Old Saxon merigrita, merigriota (“pearl”), Old High German merigrioz (“pearl”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌿𐍃 (marikreitus, “pearl”), and contrast Old Norse hafnýra (“pearl”, literally “sea-kidney”). See: Gothic Nouns '
𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌿𐍃', Old Norse Nouns '
hafnýra'.
Verbs referencing "meregrot"
Gothic Nouns
𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌿𐍃.
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