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mathais

mathais

Norman

Noun

mathais m ‎(plural mathais)

  1. (Jersey) marsh
    • 2010, Le Don Balleine, Mêfie-Te Des Monstres, ISBN 97800956628909, page 30:
      un tèrribl'ye dragon tchi d'muethait dans l'Marais d'Saint Louothains
      a terrible dragon that lived in the Marsh of Saint Louothains

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Etymology

From Old French mareis ‎(“marsh”), from Frankish *marisk ‎(“marsh, swamp”), from Proto-Germanic *mariskaz ‎(“marsh, swamp”), from *mari ‎(“lake, sea, moor”), from Proto-Indo-European *mari-, *mori- ‎(“sea”).

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