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[8] merski (n.) ‘marsh’: A loanword from
MLG merskelant (ModIcel. merskiland). See also OE mersc ‘marsh, swamp’. The word is not
otherwise
found in skaldic verse. The C variant ‘mærer’ must be a scribal error.