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Dialectally, the form mer-fire is also recorded; the first element is probably from (or in any case cognate to) Old Norse marr (“sea”) or Old English mere; the second element is fire.
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Today it means: Synonym of seafire. Full definition →
Dialectally, the form mer-fire is also recorded; the first element is probably from (or in any case cognate to) Old Norse marr (“sea”) or Old English mere; the second element is fire.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.