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a-myrran

  • verb [ weak ]
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a-myrran, -merran; p. de; pp. ed [a, myrran impedire]
to hinder, impede, obstruct, check, disturb; impedire, turbare, obstruere
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  • Ðæs wéla amerþ and lǽt ða men

    this wealth obstructs and hinders those men,

    • Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 3
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  • He ofslóh fætta heora, and gecorene Israhéla he amyrde

    occidit pingues eorum, et electos Israhel impedivit,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 77, 35
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  • Me habbaþ hringa gespong síðes amyrred

    the binding of these rings hath impeded me in my course,

    • Cd. 19; Th. 24, 18
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    • Gen. 378
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  • He ðæs eorles earm amyrde

    he checked the earl's arm,

    • Byrht. Th. 136, 43
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    • By. 165
      • .
to dissipate, spend, distract, defile, mar, corrupt, spoil, destroy; dissipare, perdere, consummare, corrumpere, devorare, distrahere
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  • Ðá he hæfde ealle amyrrede

    postquam omnia consummasset,

    • Lk. Bos. 15, 14, 30
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  • Ne amyrþ he hys méde

    non perdet mercedem suam,

    • Mt. Bos. 10, 42
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  • Ðeós gitsung hafaþ gumena gehwelces mód amerred

    this covetousness has corrupted the mind of every man,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 8, 87
      • ;
    • Met. 8, 44: 22, 8
      • ;
    • Met. 22, 4
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  • Eorþe wæs amyrred

    corrupta est terra,

    • Ex. 8, 24
      • :
    • Ors. 3, 10; Bos. 69, 39
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  • Ic amyrre

    distraho,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 32, 10
      • .
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v.  a-merran.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “a-myrran.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/1604.

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