מֶרֶד II, (v. preced.; cmp. מרְדּוּת I a. רָדָה) [bringingdown,] subjugation. Gen. R. s. 42 (ref. to Gen. XIV, 4, sq.) בארבע עשר למִרְדָּן in the fourteenth year counting from their subjugation; Yalk. ib. 72.