mearh – Old English noun declension

Noun: mearh
Gender: m

Nominative

Singular	mearh
Plural	mēaras

Genitive

Singular	mēares
Plural	mēara

Dative

Singular	mēare
Plural	mēarum

Accusative

Singular	mearh
Plural	mēaras

Sample Sentences

Hwǣr cōm mearg? Hwǣr cōm mago? · Hwǣr cōm māþþumġyfa?
Hwǣr cōm symbla ġesetu? · Hwǣr sindon seledrēamas?
Ēalā beorht bune! · Ēalā byrnwiga!
Ēalā þēodnes þrym! · Hū sēo þrāg ġewāt,
ġenāp under nihthelm, · swā hēo nō wǣre. (Whither did the horse come? Whither did the man come? Whither did the treasure-giver come?

Whither did the seats of feasts come? Where are the hall-joys?

Alack and alas, bright cup! Alack and alas, mailed warrior!

Alack and alas, the army of the king! How did the time pass,

grow dark under the cover of night, as if it never did.) [10th century, The Wanderer:]

Nouns inflected like mearh

mearh,

Etymology

1. From Proto-West Germanic *marh.
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Old Frisian mar (“horse”), merie (“mare”) (West Frisian merje (“mare”)), Old Saxon merge, meriha (“mare”), Dutch merrie (“mare”), Old High German marah (“horse”), meriha (“mare”) (German Mähre (“mare”)), Old Norse marr (“horse”) (Icelandic mar), merr (“mare”) (Swedish märr (“mare”)), Gothic *𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌷𐍃 (*marhs). Beyond Germanic, cognate to Irish marc and Welsh march (“horse”). See: Dutch Nouns 'merrie', German Nouns 'Mähre', Old Norse Nouns 'marr', Icelandic Nouns 'mar', Swedish Nouns 'märr', Irish Nouns 'marc'.

Verbs referencing "mearh"

English Nouns sausage, Middle English Nouns mare, Irish Nouns marc, Dutch Nouns merg, Old Norse Nouns marr, Ancient Greek Nouns μίμαρκυς.