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mirring

  • noun [ feminine ]
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mirring, e; f.
hindering, leading astray
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  • Merrunga

    seductiones,

    • Mk. Skt. p. 5, 8.
Cf. mirra. [
O. Frs. meringa hindrance
:
O. H. Ger. marunga impedimentum.
]
waste, squandering (v. mirran, II)
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  • Oððe se gielpna for his góda mierringe (mirringe, Cott. MSS.) gielpe and wéne ðæt hé síe kystig and mildheort

    aut cum effuse quid perditur, largum se glorietur,

    • Past. 20, 2
    • ;
    • Swt. 149, 20.
  • Ða uncystgan cysta lǽre hé, swá hé ða cystgan on merringe ne gebringe

    sic tenacibus infundatur tribuendi largilas, ut prodigis effusionis frena minime laxentur,

    • 60
    • ;
    • Swt. 453, 27.
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v. mann-mirring.
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