mærstan

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Old English

Etymology

Compound of mǣre +‎ stān.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæːr.stɑːn/,

Noun

mǣrstān m

  1. merestone, boundary marker, landmark
    Ðis syndon ða landgemǣrcas, on mǣrstān; of mǣrstāne on ðone ealdan gāran
    These are the landmarks at the merestone, from the merestone at the old promonitory

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative mǣrstān mǣrstānas
accusative mǣrstān mǣrstānas
genitive mǣrstānes mǣrstāna
dative mǣrstāne mǣrstānum

Descendants