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  • These were the mearas, who would bear no one but the King of the Mark or his sons, until the time of Shadowfax.

    The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

  • The meaning of blaneum is partly explained by fealwe mearas below, l.

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • Hêht þâ eorla hleó eahta mearas, fäted-hleóre, on flet teón in under eoderas; þâra ânum stôd sadol searwum fâh since gewurðad,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • ... eahta mearas ... on flet teón, _gave command to bring eight horses into the hall_, 1036; þonne ænne hêht golde forgyldan, _commanded to make good that one with gold_, 1054; hêht þâ þät heaðo-weorc tô hagan biódan,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • (_over the sea_), 1951; fealwe stræte (with reference to 320), 917; acc.pl. lêton on geflît faran fealwe mearas, 866.

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

  • 865 Hwîlum heaðo-rôfe hleápan lêton, on geflît faran fealwe mearas, þær him fold-wegas fägere þûhton, cystum cûðe; hwîlum cyninges þegn, guma gilp-hläden gidda gemyndig,

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

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