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mirigþ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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mirigþ, mirhþ, mirhþ, myrþ, e; f.
Pleasure, joy, delight, sweetness (ofsound)
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  • Dæg byþ myrþþ eádgum and earmum

    day is a delight to rich and to poor,

    • Runic pm. Kmbl. 344, 12
    • ;
    • Rún. 24.
  • Wá him ðære mirigþe búte hé ðæs yfeles ǽr geswíce

    alas for his delight, unless first he leave evil,

    • Hy. 2, 6
    • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 281, 6.
  • Hé ádrǽfed wæs of neorxena wanges myrþe (

    paradisum voluptatis

    ),
    • Gen. 3, 24.
  • For ðære mirhte (mergþe, MS. Cott.) ðæs sónes,

    • Bt. 35, 6
    • ;
    • Fox 168, 11.
  • On heofonan ríces mirhþe,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 1, 11.
  • Myrhþe,

    • Homl. Th. i. 58, 4.
  • Ða heorde tó heofonlícre myrhþe (myrþe, MS. B.) lǽdan,

    • L. C. S. 85
    • ;
    • Th. i. 424, 11.
  • Man byþ on myrhþe (

    joyous

    ),
    • Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 11
    • ;
    • Rún. 20.
  • Ðú ðǽr náne myrhþe on næfdest ðá ðá ðú hié hæfdest

    thou hadst no pleasure in them, when thou hadst them;

    nec habuisse te in ea pulcrum aliquid,

    • Bt. 7, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 16, 17.
  • Ðín ríce ðǽr wé gemétaþ ealle mirhþe,

    • Hy. 7, 31
    • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 31.
  • Ðǽr (

    heaven

    )

    syndan mihta, mǽrþa and myrhþa.

    • Wulfst. 5, 5: 167, 9: 28, 7.
  • Adam wearþ of myclum myrhþum bescofen tó hefigum geswincum,

    • 104, 1.
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v. myrige, un-mirigþ.
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v.  mirhþ myrþ.
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