mermayde

English

Noun

mermayde (plural mermaydes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of mermaid [14th-17th c.]

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Middle English

Noun

mermayde (plural mermaydes)

  1. mermaid
    • 1382, Geoffrey Chaucer, “Book I”, in Boece‎:
      ...but goth now rather awey ye Mermaydenes / whiche þat ben swete til it be at the laste...
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