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myrþra

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
myrþra, an; m.
A murderer, homicide
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  • Se man biþ myrþra (

    homicida

    ),

    se ðe his bróþor hataþ,

    • L. Ecg. C. 24
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 150, 10.
  • Gif hwylc man for his mǽges wræce man ofsleá, dó (

    do penance

    )

    hé swá myrþra .vii. geár oððe .x.,

    • L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 18
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 230, 19, 21 : Bd. 2, 9
    • ;
    • S. 511, 37.
  • Ðú (the soul) wǽre ðǽr in the world ) morþ and myrþra,

    • Wulfst. 241, 9.
  • Ðonne biþ hé ealra ðara manna deáþes sceldig and myrþra beforan ðæs écan Déman heáhsetle,

    • Blickl. Homl. 53, 7.
  • Myrþran and mánswaran,

    • 61, 13.
  • Míne myrþran and mánsceaþan (

    the devils

    ),
    • Exon. 42 a
    • ;
    • Th. 141, 4
    • ;
    • Gú. 622.
  • Myrþra

    homicidas,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 22, 7.
Etymology
[
Goth. maurþrja
:
O. H. Ger. murdreo latro.
]
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v. bearn-, mǽg-, self-myrþra.
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