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Middle English
- maras, marasse, mares, maresse, mareis, marice, marras, marreys, maryce, marys, maryse, marysse
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman mareis, mereis or Middle French mares, marest, both from Late Latin mariscus, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk; forms ending in /iʃ/ may represent the influence of the suffix -yssh, though it reflects a regular tendency in the borrowing of Anglo-Norman and Middle French. Doublet of merssh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈræi̯s/, /ˈmaris/, /ˈmariʃ/
Noun
mareys (plural mareys)
- A region of marshland or swamp.
- Synonym: merssh
- A lake or sea.
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