meredeaþ
Old English
noun
Definitions
- death at sea, death by drowning
Etymology
Compound from Old English mere (sea, mere, lake, pool, pond) + Old English dēaþ (death).
Origin
Old English
dēaþ
Gloss
death
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
死
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *dauþuz Proto-Germanic
- *mari Proto-Germanic
- deaþbed Old English
- deaþbedd Old English
- deaþlic Old English
- deaþlieg Old English
- deaþscyld Old English
- deaþslege Old English
- deaþwerig Old English
- dēaþ Old English
- mere Old English
- meredeor Old English
- meregrot Old English
- mereliþend Old English
- mereswin Old English
- utermere Old English
- yþmere Old English
- deeth Middle English
- mare Middle English
- mere Middle English
- *dauþu gmw-pro