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murcnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
murcnian, p. ode
Wright's OE grammar
§108;
To murmur, complain, repine, grieve
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  • Hwæt murcnast ðú æfter ðæm ðe ðú forlure oððe tó hwon fagnast ðú ðæs ðe ðú ǽr hæfdest

    quid est, quod vel amissis doleas, vel laeteris retentis?

    • Bt. 14, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 42, 31: 7, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 20, 3
      • (v. murcian).

  • Hí murcniaþ ł geómriaþ

    murmurabunt

    ,
    • Ps. Spl. 58, 17.

  • Gé murcnodon

    murmurastis,

    • Deut. l, 27.

  • Ne murcniaþ,

    • Jn. Skt. 6, 43.

  • Ðá ongunnon hig murcnian ongén ðone hírédes ealdor.

    • Mt. Kmbl. 20, 11.

  • Ðonne onginþ hé tó murcnienne, and þincþ him tó lang hwænne hé beó genumen of ðyses lífes earfoþnyssum.

    • Homl. Th. i. 140, 19.

  • Ða Phariséi gehýrdon ða menigeo ðus murcnigende be him,

    • Jn. Skt. 7, 32: Bt. 5, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 8, 27 (v. murcian).
Similar entries
v. be-murcnian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “murcnian.” 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/23247.

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