 Mere (lake)

A mere is a shallow lake, pond, or wetland, particularly in Great Britain and other parts of western Europe.The word "mere" is recorded in Old English as "mere" ″sea, lake″, corresponding to Old Saxon "meri", Old Low Franconian "*meri" (Dutch "meer" ″lake, pool″, Picard "mer" ″pool, lake″, Northern French toponymic element "-mer"), Old High German "mari" / "meri" (German "Meer" ″sea″), Goth.