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murnan

  • verb [ weakstrong ]
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Grammar
murnan, p. de.
Wright's OE grammar
§108; §472; §502;
Grammar
murnan, intrans.
To mourn, be sad, be anxious
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  • Gif ðú ðonne heora þegen beón wilt and ðé heora þeáwas líciaþ tó hwon myrnst ðú swá swíðe

    si probas, utere moribus, ne queraris,

    • Bt. 7, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 18, 7.
  • Sélre biþ ǽghwæm ðæt hé his freónd wrece, ðonne hé fela murne,

    • Beo. Th. 2775
    • ;
    • B. 1385.
  • Ðæt mín murnende mód.

    • Bt. 3, l
    • ;
    • Fox 4, 18: Beo. Th. 99
    • ;
    • B. 50: Andr. Kmbl. 3332
    • ;
    • An. 1669 : Exon. 101 a
    • ;
    • Th. 380, 28
    • ;
    • Rä. l, 15.
  • Geómor sefa. hyge murnende,

    • 15 a
    • ;
    • Th. 31, 24
    • ;
    • Cri. 500.
  • Cwom seó murnende Maria,

    • 119 b
    • ;
    • Th. 459, 33
    • ;
    • Hö. 9: 121 a
    • ;
    • Th. 464, 22
    • ;
    • Hö. 91.
  • Bonan gnornedon, mǽndon murnende,

    • 38 b
    • ;
    • Th. 128, 8
    • ;
    • Gú. 401.
  • Murnan on móde

    to be sad at heart,

    • Cd. 35
    • ;
    • Th. 45, 31
    • ;
    • Gen. 735: Judth. 11
    • ;
    • Thw. 23, 33
    • ;
    • Jud. 154.
  • murnaþ on móde.

    • Cd. 169
    • ;
    • Th. 212, 6
    • ;
    • Exod. 535.
  • Ne beó ðú on sefan tó forht, ne on móde ne murn

    be not fearful of mind, nor anxious of heart,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 197
    • ;
    • An. 99.
Grammar
murnan, with prepositions for, æfter
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  • Ne mæg ná for feore murnan se ðe wrecan þenceþ freán

    not for life must he care that his lord will avenge.

      Byrht. Th. 139, 25; By. 259, Ne
  • murn ðú for ðí méce ðe wearþ máðma cyst,

    • Wald. 1, 44
    • ;
    • Vald. 1, 24.
  • Hyge wæs oncyrred ðæt hié ne murndon æfter mandreárne

    the mind was o'erthrown, so that after the glad life of men they longed not,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 73
    • ;
    • An. 37.
trans.
To mourn, lament
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  • Sum sceal murnan meotudgesceaft móde gebysgad

    the Maker's decree shall one mourn, troubled in mind,

    • Exon. 87 b
    • ;
    • Th. 328, 19
    • ;
    • Vy. 20 : Salm. Kmbl. 971
    • ;
    • Sal. 485.
to care about, regard
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  • Se ðe hiora welt ne murnþ náuþer ne friénd ne fiend ðé má ðe wédende hund

    he that rules them regards neither friend nor foe any more than he would a mad dog

    (cf. se hláford ne scrífþ freónde ne feónde,
    • Met. 25, 15
    • ),
    • Bt. 37, l
    • ;
    • Fox 186, 7.
Etymology
[
A. R. murnen; p. murnede
:
Laym. murnede; p.
:
Piers P. mornede ; p.
:
Goth. maurnan μεριμνᾶν
:
O. Sax. mornón
:
Icel. morna
:
O. H. Ger. mornén moereo; part, mornénti moestus.
]
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v. be-murnan, meornan.
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