mareys

Middle English

Alternative forms

• 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)

1. A region of marshland or swamp.

   Synonym: merssh

2. A lake or sea.

Descendants

• English: marish

References

• “mareis, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.