Merse

/ mɛrs; mɜːs /

noun

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

merse

/ mɜːs; mɛrs /

Origin of Merse¹

Old English merse marsh

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

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

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

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

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

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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