Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

marfire

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: marfire
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of seafire.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Do you think that the marfire does as much harm when it is […]? The drift net cannot make anything near the amount of marfire that the trawl net makes."
"I see it blue-green and mostly a seascape, and lit with marfire from within."

Etymology

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.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

seafire

Questions

What does marfire mean?: Synonym of seafire.
Where does marfire come from?: 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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