mersen.

Brit.

/məːs/, U.S.

/mərs/, Scottish English

/mɛrs/

Forms:

α. pre-1700 mercsh (perhaps transmission error), pre-1700 mersek (perhaps transmission error), pre-1700 1800s– mersk.

β. pre-1700 mars, pre-1700 marse, pre-1700 merce, pre-1700 1700s mers, pre-1700 1700s– merse, 1700s merss.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: marsh n.¹

Etymology: Variant of marsh n.¹; β. forms show regular loss of -k in final -sk (see S n.¹).This item shows the regular Scots development of the Old English forms of marsh n.¹ (see further the etymological note at that entry). Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. merse records the use of the word in Cumberland, although the source cited identifies it as a Scottish term:1900 W. Dickinson & E. W. Prevost Gloss. Dial. Cumberland 213/2 Merse, the grassy beach of the sea or river. A Scottish word in use at Rocliffe and amongst the people living near the estuaries of the Esk and Eden.

Scottish.

1. Chiefly regional (Dumfries and Galloway). Flat, alluvial, often marshy land beside a river, estuary, or the sea. Now chiefly: spec. partially reclaimed land bordering the Solway Firth. the Merse: the fertile lowland region of south-eastern Scotland between the Lammermuir Hills and the Tweed (formerly in the county of Berwickshire; since 1975 in the Berwickshire district of Borders region).

ΚΠ

c1200 in C. Innes Liber S. Marie de Calchou (1846) I. 38 Et per totum decanatum de Merskys.

1457 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1883) VI. 337 Infra dominium de le Merse.

1515 Wigtown Burgh Court Rec. f. 46 The ox gane of the borow mars at was his faderis.

1580 Kirkcudbright Town Council Rec. (1939) I. 111 Betuix the said Thomas skair on the south the mers and watter syde on the vest.

1644 Kirkcudbright Town Council Rec. (1948) II. 705 The rinland and lie mers on the west.

1739 in A. Steel Rec. Annan (1933) 81 They have unanimously Resolved to..Build a New Schoolhouse in the Burgh's Common Loaning leading towards the Merse, commonly called the Minister's Merse.

1794 A. Bruce in A. Lowe Gen. View Agric. Berwick App. 94 The county of Berwick, or Merse, as it is sometimes called.

1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 234 There's a maid has sat o' the green merse side Thae ten lang years and mair.

1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 188 Go the rooks Down to the sea..on the flat merse To tear up tufts of grass for grubs below.

1901 R. De B. Trotter Galloway Gossip Eighty Years Ago 232 Whun mair nor half-wey through the merse, Puir Pistie gat a fearfu fricht.

1957 Dumfries & Galloway Standard 2 Nov. in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) The Dock is still natural merse.

1994 Scotland's Nat. Heritage June 17/3 A Solway Merse Stewardship Scheme is under consideration to combine suitable grazing on the merse (saltmarsh) and the development of effective scaring regimes on adjacent farmland.

†2. Chiefly regional (Aberdeenshire, Banffshire). = marsh n.¹ a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun]

marsheOE

fenc888

sladec893

moorOE

mossOE

marshlandlOE

lay-fena1225

lay-mirea1225

moor-fenc1275

flosha1300

strother?a1300

marish1327

carrc1330

waterlanda1382

gaseync1400

quaba1425

paludec1425

mersec1440

sumpa1450

palus?1473

wash1483

morass1489

oozea1500

bog?a1513

danka1522

fell1538

soga1552

Camarine1576

gog1583

swale1584

sink1594

haga1600

mere1609

flata1616

swamp1624

pocosin1634

frogland1651

slash1652

poldera1669

savannah1671

pond-land1686

red bog1686

swang1691

slack1719

flowa1740

wetland1743

purgatory1760

curragh1780

squall1784

marais1793

vlei1793

muskeg1806

bog-pit1820

prairie1820

fenhood1834

pakihi1851

terai1852

sponge1856

takyr1864

boglet1869

sinkhole1885

grimpen1902

sphagnum bog1911

blanket bog1939

string bog1959

c1440 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis (1845) I. 247 The mos and the mersk to Bishop Brynnes.

1607 Inverurie Burgh Court f. 41 Certain grewes viz. making of ȝerd middingis casting of mersk ȝeird forder nor thai aught to haiff downe.

1696 Cullen Town Council Minute Bk. f. 77 Muirs, mercshes, graisings.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

† merse ground n. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1788 Dumfries Weekly Jrnl. 15 Jan. in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI, s.v. To be Let... 33 acres..of merse ground, adjoining the Dock of Dumfries.

merseland n.

ΚΠ

1825 J. Mitchell Scotsman's Libr. 337 Along the banks of the Nith, near its mouth, there is no inconsiderable portion of merse land.

1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 78 A little bit of merse-land, detached by the windings of the River Luce, is called St. Helen's Island.

1978 Dumfries & Galloway Standard 21 Oct. 2/3 To our right, beyond the wide expanse of merseland (salt marsh), the shining waters of the Solway at flood tide.

C2.

† Merseman n. Obsolete a native or inhabitant of the Merse in Borders region.

ΚΠ

1567 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 551 (margin) Charge on certane Merse men.

1753 Chambers's Jrnl. 11 Apr. 240 To a Mers-man a black mear, at £5.1s.

1869 P. Landreth Life A. Thomson I. 5 A bloody skirmish between Merse-men and Northumbrians.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	merse
释义	mersen. Brit. /məːs/, U.S. /mərs/, Scottish English /mɛrs/ Forms: α. pre-1700 mercsh (perhaps transmission error), pre-1700 mersek (perhaps transmission error), pre-1700 1800s– mersk. β. pre-1700 mars, pre-1700 marse, pre-1700 merce, pre-1700 1700s mers, pre-1700 1700s– merse, 1700s merss. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: marsh n.¹ Etymology: Variant of marsh n.¹; β. forms show regular loss of -k in final -sk (see S n.¹).This item shows the regular Scots development of the Old English forms of marsh n.¹ (see further the etymological note at that entry). Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. merse records the use of the word in Cumberland, although the source cited identifies it as a Scottish term:1900 W. Dickinson & E. W. Prevost Gloss. Dial. Cumberland 213/2 Merse, the grassy beach of the sea or river. A Scottish word in use at Rocliffe and amongst the people living near the estuaries of the Esk and Eden. Scottish. 1. Chiefly regional (Dumfries and Galloway). Flat, alluvial, often marshy land beside a river, estuary, or the sea. Now chiefly: spec. partially reclaimed land bordering the Solway Firth. the Merse: the fertile lowland region of south-eastern Scotland between the Lammermuir Hills and the Tweed (formerly in the county of Berwickshire; since 1975 in the Berwickshire district of Borders region). ΚΠ c1200 in C. Innes Liber S. Marie de Calchou (1846) I. 38 Et per totum decanatum de Merskys. 1457 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1883) VI. 337 Infra dominium de le Merse. 1515 Wigtown Burgh Court Rec. f. 46 The ox gane of the borow mars at was his faderis. 1580 Kirkcudbright Town Council Rec. (1939) I. 111 Betuix the said Thomas skair on the south the mers and watter syde on the vest. 1644 Kirkcudbright Town Council Rec. (1948) II. 705 The rinland and lie mers on the west. 1739 in A. Steel Rec. Annan (1933) 81 They have unanimously Resolved to..Build a New Schoolhouse in the Burgh's Common Loaning leading towards the Merse, commonly called the Minister's Merse. 1794 A. Bruce in A. Lowe Gen. View Agric. Berwick App. 94 The county of Berwick, or Merse, as it is sometimes called. 1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 234 There's a maid has sat o' the green merse side Thae ten lang years and mair. 1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 188 Go the rooks Down to the sea..on the flat merse To tear up tufts of grass for grubs below. 1901 R. De B. Trotter Galloway Gossip Eighty Years Ago 232 Whun mair nor half-wey through the merse, Puir Pistie gat a fearfu fricht. 1957 Dumfries & Galloway Standard 2 Nov. in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) The Dock is still natural merse. 1994 Scotland's Nat. Heritage June 17/3 A Solway Merse Stewardship Scheme is under consideration to combine suitable grazing on the merse (saltmarsh) and the development of effective scaring regimes on adjacent farmland. †2. Chiefly regional (Aberdeenshire, Banffshire). = marsh n.¹ a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] marsheOE fenc888 sladec893 moorOE mossOE marshlandlOE lay-fena1225 lay-mirea1225 moor-fenc1275 flosha1300 strother?a1300 marish1327 carrc1330 waterlanda1382 gaseync1400 quaba1425 paludec1425 mersec1440 sumpa1450 palus?1473 wash1483 morass1489 oozea1500 bog?a1513 danka1522 fell1538 soga1552 Camarine1576 gog1583 swale1584 sink1594 haga1600 mere1609 flata1616 swamp1624 pocosin1634 frogland1651 slash1652 poldera1669 savannah1671 pond-land1686 red bog1686 swang1691 slack1719 flowa1740 wetland1743 purgatory1760 curragh1780 squall1784 marais1793 vlei1793 muskeg1806 bog-pit1820 prairie1820 fenhood1834 pakihi1851 terai1852 sponge1856 takyr1864 boglet1869 sinkhole1885 grimpen1902 sphagnum bog1911 blanket bog1939 string bog1959 c1440 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis (1845) I. 247 The mos and the mersk to Bishop Brynnes. 1607 Inverurie Burgh Court f. 41 Certain grewes viz. making of ȝerd middingis casting of mersk ȝeird forder nor thai aught to haiff downe. 1696 Cullen Town Council Minute Bk. f. 77 Muirs, mercshes, graisings. Compounds C1. General attributive. † merse ground n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1788 Dumfries Weekly Jrnl. 15 Jan. in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI, s.v. To be Let... 33 acres..of merse ground, adjoining the Dock of Dumfries. merseland n. ΚΠ 1825 J. Mitchell Scotsman's Libr. 337 Along the banks of the Nith, near its mouth, there is no inconsiderable portion of merse land. 1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 78 A little bit of merse-land, detached by the windings of the River Luce, is called St. Helen's Island. 1978 Dumfries & Galloway Standard 21 Oct. 2/3 To our right, beyond the wide expanse of merseland (salt marsh), the shining waters of the Solway at flood tide. C2. † Merseman n. Obsolete a native or inhabitant of the Merse in Borders region. ΚΠ 1567 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 551 (margin) Charge on certane Merse men. 1753 Chambers's Jrnl. 11 Apr. 240 To a Mers-man a black mear, at £5.1s. 1869 P. Landreth Life A. Thomson I. 5 A bloody skirmish between Merse-men and Northumbrians. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1200
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