Merse

¹

/ mɛrs; mɜːs /

noun

1. the Merse
   a fertile lowland area of SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders, north of the Tweed

merse

²

/ mɛrs; mɜːs /

noun

1. low level ground by a river or shore, often alluvial and fertile
2. a marsh

Word History and Origins

Origin of Merse¹

Old English merse marsh

Example Sentences

Even in the fertile Merse there were parishes of which the minister received only from four to eight pounds sterling in cash.

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“I see him plainer than ever I did in the Merse,” said my master, looking up where the sun was bright in the west.

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That seaside resort is a mushroom beside Berwick of the Merse, standing on its dignity of many sieges.

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But it was not here that Hepburn fell; that was elsewhere in the Merse.

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To the Merse and to Allanbank there came word that the land was returning to his home.

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