mar-firen.

Brit.

/ˈmɑːfʌɪə/, U.S.

/ˈmɑrˌfaɪ(ə)r/

Forms: 1800s– mar-fire, 1800s– merefire, 1800s– mer-fire.

Origin: Formed within Eglish, by comopounding; modelled on a lexical item in a Scandinavian language. Etymons: English mar- , fire n.

Etymology: < mar-, after the first element of mareel n. or one of its North Germanic cognates (see discussion at that entry) + fire n., translating the second element of the North Germanic word (see mareel n.).Explanation of the compound as < mere n.¹ + fire n. and int. (‘sea-fire’) is not supported by evidence either in Old English or later, although association with mere n.¹ has clearly influenced the form history. Recorded in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. Mer-fire n. from Northumberland and the Isle of Man.

British regional.

Phosphorescence on the sea. Cf. mareel n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > phosphorescence > of the sea > phosphorescent light on or in the sea

briny1602

sea-light1755

sea-fire1815

milky sea1821

mareel1866

mar-fire1881

milk sea1898

witch-fire1947

1881 T. H. Huxley in Nature 28 Apr. 609/1 In a dark night, when the water is phosphorescent, or, as the fishermen say, there is plenty of ‘merefire’.

1887 H. Caine Deemster I. xi. 234 When we're lying at anchor,..and the stars just makin' a peep, and the moon, and the mar-fire.

1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Mer-fire, the luminous appearance of the sea at night.

1894 R. Leighton Wreck Golden Fleece 31 There bean't much mar-fire moving.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mar-fire
释义	mar-firen. Brit. /ˈmɑːfʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈmɑrˌfaɪ(ə)r/ Forms: 1800s– mar-fire, 1800s– merefire, 1800s– mer-fire. Origin: Formed within Eglish, by comopounding; modelled on a lexical item in a Scandinavian language. Etymons: English mar- , fire n. Etymology: < mar-, after the first element of mareel n. or one of its North Germanic cognates (see discussion at that entry) + fire n., translating the second element of the North Germanic word (see mareel n.).Explanation of the compound as < mere n.¹ + fire n. and int. (‘sea-fire’) is not supported by evidence either in Old English or later, although association with mere n.¹ has clearly influenced the form history. Recorded in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. Mer-fire n. from Northumberland and the Isle of Man. British regional. Phosphorescence on the sea. Cf. mareel n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > phosphorescence > of the sea > phosphorescent light on or in the sea briny1602 sea-light1755 sea-fire1815 milky sea1821 mareel1866 mar-fire1881 milk sea1898 witch-fire1947 1881 T. H. Huxley in Nature 28 Apr. 609/1 In a dark night, when the water is phosphorescent, or, as the fishermen say, there is plenty of ‘merefire’. 1887 H. Caine Deemster I. xi. 234 When we're lying at anchor,..and the stars just makin' a peep, and the moon, and the mar-fire. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Mer-fire, the luminous appearance of the sea at night. 1894 R. Leighton Wreck Golden Fleece 31 There bean't much mar-fire moving. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1881
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