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H. G. meri ; Ger. meer ; Lat. mare), the sea." Cleasby. 



A.-S. mere, 1. a wi6r<?, lake, pool; 2. sea; mersc, marsh, fen, bog. 



Ger. meer, lache, marsch; Dut. moeras, veen, moer, marsh, mo- 

 rass, meer, the sea ; Flem. moeras, marsh. 



Dan. fersJc so, myre, fresh water lake ; Sw. Icdrr, myra, sjd. 



The sea in Icel. is '^ soer, sj'dr, sj'dr ; in Moeso-Goth. and Ulf. 

 sakcs and m,ari-saiwsz=.Xiiivrj. Luke v. 12. A.-S. sob; 0. H. G. 

 560 ; Dan. so ; Sw. sjd. !N"ever used like German {see) of a lake." 

 Cleasby, 



" Mar, lacus, mare, now disused in Sweden, but occurs there 

 in rery many names of places. Armor, mor ; Isl. mar; A.-S. 

 mere; Al. id. Belg. ynaer, mer ; Ger. mer ; Russ. more, morai ; 

 Sclav, morie ; Pol. mor%e. See halla eg mar, lacum ego mar 

 appello, Suio-Goth. 



" II. It means stagnant water. The Gothic dialects vary the 

 word, as mor, myre. &c. 



"J^rvelmyr^;, palus, locus uliginosus; Ant. wor; Isl. myre; 

 Angl. moor. Mires, nearly the some word, means ccenum, lutum, 

 mud, dirt; Gall, marais In Hesychius tottoi afxvpoi are ex- 

 plained as KaOvypoi, humidi." Ihre. 



Mere, watur ; mer, or see, water, mare. Myre or maryce, la- 

 bina, palus. Prompt Parv. 



Wei. llwch, llyn, lake, ^i('/^= pool, mor, the sea; Gael, muir, 

 the sea, poll, mire, pond ; Bret, for Fr. marais, gwern, gioerneh. 



Lat. palus, lacus, mare ; Bar. Latin mariscus ; It. lago, marese, 

 moiremma, mare, marese, marsh, pond. 



%^.pantano, cieno, mar, marjal ; Port, lagoa, pantano, paul, mar. 



Fr. marais, mer, Hang. 



"Mer. Etymologie; Bourguig. mar; Proveng. et Espagn. mar; 

 Ital. mare; comparez le celtique muir, mor, le Slav, more, I'allem. 

 meer; Goth, market. Corssen et Curtius rapprochent mare du 

 Sanscrit maru, le desert, c'est a dire I'element mort, sterile, 

 aTpvy€To<; ttoi/tos." Littre. The barren sea. 



"Marais. Etymologie; Wallon maras; 'Rainault maraohe ; Ital.- 

 marese ; Bas Latin mariscus. Comme maria (plur. de mare) avait 

 pris, d'apres Isidore et d'autres documents, le sens de masse 

 d'eau douce ou salee, on en forma le bas Latin mara, mare ; d'ou 



