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mǽrsian

  • verb [ weak ]
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mǽrsian, p. ode.
Wright's OE grammar
§536; §659;
to make great, extend
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  • Hig tóbrǽdaþ hyra heálsbǽc and mǽrsiaþ heora reáfa fnadu

    dilatant philacteria sua, et magnificant fimbrias,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 23, 5.
to make known, spread the knowledge of anything, declare, proclaim, announce, celebrate
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  • Ic mǽrsige

    insignio,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 30
      • ;
    • Som. 34, 60.

  • Mǽrsaþtunge mín spǽce ðíne

    pronuntiabit lingua mat eloquium tuum.

    • Ps. Lamb. 118, 122.

  • Wé mérsiaþ

    prædicamus,

    • Rtl. 71, 25: 6, 11.

  • Ðíne mægenstrengþu mǽrsien wíde

    magnitudinem tuam narrabunt.

    • Ps. Th. 144, 6.

  • Ðǽr gǽsta gedryht Hǽlend hergaþ, and heofoncyninges meahte mǽrsiaþ, singaþ Metude lof,

    • Exon. 64b
      • ;
    • Th. 239, 6
      • ;
    • Ph. 617.

  • Sceal manna gehwylc weorc Godes wíde mǽrsian

    (annuntiaverunt),

    • Ps. Th. 63, 8.

  • Wuldur ðín wíde mǽrsian

    (cantare),

    • 70, 7.

  • Mérsiga ðæt word

    diffamare sermonem,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 1, 45.

  • Ðætte hiá ne mérsades hine

    ne manifestarent eum,

    • 3, 12.

  • Ðæt is ðæt mon his mearce brǽde ðæt mon his hlísan and his naman mǽrsige

    terminum suum dilatare, est opinionis suæ nomen extendere,

    • Past. 48, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 367, 14.

  • Mǽrsedon

    celebrabant,

    • Hpt. Gl. 514, 21.

  • Mǽrsud [wearþ]

    crebruit,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 71.

  • Ðǽr hǽlo untrumra manna and neáta mǽrsode syndon

    sanitates infirmorum et hominum et pecorum celebrari nan desinunt,

    • Bd. 3, 9
      • ;
    • S. 533, 19.
to celebrate (a particular event, season, &c.)
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  • His symbeldæg wé mérsiaþ

    ejus natalitia celibramus.

    • Rtl. 44, 30.

  • Be ðisse hálgan tíde (birthday of John the Baptist) weorþunga ðe wé nú tódæg mǽrsian sceolan . . . swíðe ús is ðes dæg tó mǽrsienne . . nǽniges Godes háligra gebyrd ciricean ne mǽrsiaþ, nemþe Cristes sylfes and ðyses

    • Johannes, Blickl. Homl. 161, 4-11: Bd. 5, 10
      • ;
    • S. 625, 19: Homl. Th. i. 324, 8.

  • Wé ðe his ǽriste mǽrsiaþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 91, 8.

  • Swég mǽrsiendes

    the voice of one celebrating a festival;

    sonus epulantis,

    • Ps. Lamb. 41, 5.
to celebrate, perform a rite, ceremony, &c. with due solemnity
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  • Ða hálgan gerýne mǽrsian

    sacra mysteria celebrare,

    • Bd. 1. 27
      • ;
    • S. 496, 23.

  • Ða symbelnysse tó mǽrsianne massæsanges

    missarum sollemnia celebrandi,

    • S. 497, 1: 2, 5
      • ;
    • S. 507, 12.
to magnify, exalt, praise, glorify
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  • Clypa mé on dæge ðínre gedréfed*-*nysse and ic ðé áhredde and ðú mǽrsast mé

    invoca me in die tribulationis; eripiam te, et magnificabis me,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 126, 8.

  • Mǽrsa ðínne Sunu ðæt ðín Sunu ðé mǽrsige

    clarifica filium tuum ut filius tuus clarificet te,

    • 360, 8.

  • Mín sáwl mǽrsaþ Drihten

    magnificat anima mea dominum,

    • Lk. Skt. 1, 46.

  • Ic onginne ðé tó mǽrsigenne

    incipiam exaltare te.

    • Jos. 3, 7.

  • Ðǽr Sicilia sǽstreámum in éþel mǽrsaþ

    where Sicily, the sea streams among, her land makes illustrious,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 1, 32
      • ;
    • Met. 1, 16.
Etymology
[
O. L. Ger. ge-mársón mirificare.
]
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v. ge-, wíd-mǽrsian; mǽran.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “mǽrsian.” 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/22189.

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