† Merchene lawn.

Forms: Old English Mercena lagu, Old English Mircna lagu, Old English Myrcna lagu, late Old English Merchenelage, Middle English Mærcene laȝe, Middle English Marchenelaga, Middle English Marchenlaga, Middle English Marchenlage, Middle English Marchenlawe, Middle English Mercena lawe, Middle English Mercene lawe, Middle English Merchene laȝen, Middle English Merchene lawe, Middle English Mercheyne lawe, Middle English Merchinelaga.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English Mercena , Merce , law n.¹

Etymology: < Old English Mercena, genitive of Merce Mercians (see Mercian adj.) + law n.¹In later use the first element was sometimes reanalysed as an adjective with sense ‘of or relating to Marcia’, the name Marcia having been ascribed to a legendary British queen fictively posited as the original lawgiver (compare quot. a1387 at sense 1 and quot. 1543 at Mercian adj.).

Obsolete (historical in later use).

1. The Anglo-Saxon legal code of Mercia. Cf. Danelaw n. 1.

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OE Laws: Mircna Laga (Corpus Cambr. 201) i. 462 Be mircna laga. Ceorles wergild is on Myrcna lage cc scillinga.

lOE Geoffrey of Monmouth Hist. Regum Britanniae iii. 293 Hanc etiam rex alueredus inter cetera transtulit, & saxonica lingua merchenelage uocauit.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 6320 Alfred þe king..wrat þa laȝen on Englis ase heo was aer on Bruttisc..and cleopede heo Maercene laȝe.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 93 (MED) Marcia..made a lawe ful of riȝt..i-cleped Merchene lawe [L. lex Marcia]; Gildas..turnede þese tweie lawes [that of Marcia and that of Dunwallo Molmutius] out of Bretoun speche in to Latyn, and afterward kyng Alredes turned alle in fere out of Latyn in to Saxon speche, and was i-cleped..Merchene lawe.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 3684 Dame Marcie was mykelle in pris..Þei called þat law Marciene..Marchenlawe [a1450 Lamb. Marchenlage; Fr. Martenelaga] þe Inglis it callede; in auht schires þat lawe men halde [Lamb. ȝit men halde].

a1475 (a1447) O. Bokenham Mappula Angliae in Englische Studien (1887) 10 21 (MED) Kynge Aluredus aftirward translatid hit owte of latyn yn to Saxonye, þe whiche was clepid Merchinelaga.

2. The area of the English midlands over which Mercian law had jurisdiction in the early Middle Ages. Cf. Danelaw n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [noun] > districts of England > Old English districts or kingdoms

Merchene lawc1275

West-Saxonry1650

Danelaw1837

Saxondom1841

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15441 A king þe hehte Penda..biwuste a þan daȝen þat folc of Merchene laȝen.

a1300 Shires & Hundreds Eng. in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 146 Þes xxxij schire syndon to-delede on þreo lawan: On is west-sexene lawe, Oþer Dene lawe, þe þrydde Mercena law..To Mercene lawe bilimpeþ viij schiren: Gloucestre schire..wyricestre schire..Hereford schire [etc.].

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	merchene law
释义	† Merchene lawn. Forms: Old English Mercena lagu, Old English Mircna lagu, Old English Myrcna lagu, late Old English Merchenelage, Middle English Mærcene laȝe, Middle English Marchenelaga, Middle English Marchenlaga, Middle English Marchenlage, Middle English Marchenlawe, Middle English Mercena lawe, Middle English Mercene lawe, Middle English Merchene laȝen, Middle English Merchene lawe, Middle English Mercheyne lawe, Middle English Merchinelaga. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English Mercena , Merce , law n.¹ Etymology: < Old English Mercena, genitive of Merce Mercians (see Mercian adj.) + law n.¹In later use the first element was sometimes reanalysed as an adjective with sense ‘of or relating to Marcia’, the name Marcia having been ascribed to a legendary British queen fictively posited as the original lawgiver (compare quot. a1387 at sense 1 and quot. 1543 at Mercian adj.). Obsolete (historical in later use). 1. The Anglo-Saxon legal code of Mercia. Cf. Danelaw n. 1. ΚΠ OE Laws: Mircna Laga (Corpus Cambr. 201) i. 462 Be mircna laga. Ceorles wergild is on Myrcna lage cc scillinga. lOE Geoffrey of Monmouth Hist. Regum Britanniae iii. 293 Hanc etiam rex alueredus inter cetera transtulit, & saxonica lingua merchenelage uocauit. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 6320 Alfred þe king..wrat þa laȝen on Englis ase heo was aer on Bruttisc..and cleopede heo Maercene laȝe. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 93 (MED) Marcia..made a lawe ful of riȝt..i-cleped Merchene lawe [L. lex Marcia]; Gildas..turnede þese tweie lawes [that of Marcia and that of Dunwallo Molmutius] out of Bretoun speche in to Latyn, and afterward kyng Alredes turned alle in fere out of Latyn in to Saxon speche, and was i-cleped..Merchene lawe. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 3684 Dame Marcie was mykelle in pris..Þei called þat law Marciene..Marchenlawe [a1450 Lamb. Marchenlage; Fr. Martenelaga] þe Inglis it callede; in auht schires þat lawe men halde [Lamb. ȝit men halde]. a1475 (a1447) O. Bokenham Mappula Angliae in Englische Studien (1887) 10 21 (MED) Kynge Aluredus aftirward translatid hit owte of latyn yn to Saxonye, þe whiche was clepid Merchinelaga. 2. The area of the English midlands over which Mercian law had jurisdiction in the early Middle Ages. Cf. Danelaw n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [noun] > districts of England > Old English districts or kingdoms Merchene lawc1275 West-Saxonry1650 Danelaw1837 Saxondom1841 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15441 A king þe hehte Penda..biwuste a þan daȝen þat folc of Merchene laȝen. a1300 Shires & Hundreds Eng. in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 146 Þes xxxij schire syndon to-delede on þreo lawan: On is west-sexene lawe, Oþer Dene lawe, þe þrydde Mercena law..To Mercene lawe bilimpeþ viij schiren: Gloucestre schire..wyricestre schire..Hereford schire [etc.]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OE
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