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mirran

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
mirran, mierran, merran; p. de.
to be a stumbling-block to, to hinder, obstruct
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  • Ðe ðone ungesceádwísan mirþ (

    scandali occasionem praebere

    ),
    • Past. 59, 6
      • ;
    • Swt. 453, 4.

  • Sió ofersmeáung mirþ (

    is a hindrance to

    )

    ða unwísan,

    • 15, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 97, 17.

  • Ðæt eów læst þinga mierþ

    sine impedimento,

    • 51, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 401, 17.

  • Ðæs andwearda wela ámerþ and læt (MS. Cott. myrþ and let) ða men ðe beóþ átihte tó ðám sóþum gesǽlþum,

    • Bt. 32, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 114, 3.

  • Merþ,

    • tit. 32
      • ;
    • Fox xvi, 12.

  • Seó ungesceádwísnes heora eágena hí myrþ (ámerraþ,

    • Cott. MS.
      • ),
    • 32, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 116, 26.

  • Gyf hí ðé myrraþ and lettaþ,

    • Shrn. 185, 5.

  • Hwí mirraþ git ðis folc fram heora weorcum

    quare sollicitatis populum ab operibus suis?

    • Ex. 5, 4.

  • God nolde ðæt hié ðone Cristendóm mierde leng

    God would not that they should longer obstruct Christianity,

    • Ors. 6, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 262, 21.

  • Gif hwá Godes lage wyrde oððe folclage myrre,

    • L. I. P. 2
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 306, 12.
to waste, squander
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  • Ðý læs mon unnytlíce mierde ðæt ðæt hé hæbbe

    ne, quae possident, inutiliter spargant,

    • Past. 44, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 325, 3.

  • Ne myr ðú eal ðæt ðú hæbbe, ðý læs ðe geþearfe tó óðres mannes ǽhtum,

    • Prov. Kmbl. 73.

  • Gif ðú ðín ágen myrre, ne wít ðú hit ná Gode,

    • 51.

  • Se hordere ná mynstres ǽhta ne ýte, ne ná myrre,

    • R. Ben. 85, 4.
Grammar
mirran, intrans.
To err
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  • Gié merras ł geduellas

    erratis,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 22, 29.
Etymology
[
Goth. marzjan σκανδαλίζειν
:
O. Sax. merrian (trans. and intrans.)
:
O. Frs. meria
:
O. H. Ger. marrian impedire, scandalizare.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, ge-myrran.
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v.  meoring myrran.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “mirran.” 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/22924.

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