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1 mercia [ML; cf. OF merci < merces] 1 amercement, fine; b (in ~ia esse) to be in mercy, be liable to a fine. 1176 catalla furum et ~ie que ex murdris vel ex aliis forisfacturis contingunt MGL II 660; c1190 de escapio, de omnibus ~iis, et de pecunia que ad murdrum pertinet (Cart. Holm Cultram) MonA V 605b; 1199 quod ‥ ~ie et merciamenta predictis fratribus reddantur RChart 2a; c1220 omnes ~ie et merciamenta Cart. Osney IV 55; 1287 (v. merciamentum).  b 1199 si aliquis hominum suorum sit in ~ia erga nos vel ballivos nostros RChart 2a. 2 (as personal name) Mercia, Mercy v. et.Martius 4. 1431 lego ~ie Carreu sex pecias argenteas Reg. Cant. II 450.
3 mercia v. merx

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