mearcung

Old English

Alternative forms

• mearccing, mærcung, mercung

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *markungu, equivalent to mearcian +‎ -ung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæ͜ɑr.kunɡ/, [ˈmæ͜ɑrˠ.kuŋɡ]

Noun

mearcung f

1. a marking
2. a marking out, description
3. an arrangement, disposition

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	mearcung	mearcunga, mearcunge
accusative	mearcunge	mearcunga, mearcunge
genitive	mearcunge	mearcunga
dative	mearcunge	mearcungum

Derived terms

• foremearcung
• onmearcung

Descendants

• Middle English: merkunge, merking, marking
  • English: marking
  • Scots: merking, marking

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “MEARCUNG”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.