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mǽrþu, <b>. I.</b>
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  • Þyses dæges þénung and ðyssere tíde mǽrð sprecað embe Godes tócyme,

      Hml. Th. i. 600, 2.

  • Æt þǽre mæssan wearð his mǽrð geswutelod swá ꝥ se hálga gást hine ealne beféng on fýres gelýcnysse,

      Hml. S. 3, 475.

  • Þú hine gewuldrast and geweorðast and him sylst heáfodgold tó mǽrðe

    gloria et honore coronasti eum,

      Ps. Th. 8, 6.

  • Sceolde him man bringan ongeán crætwǽn . . . hiora consulum tó mǽrþe, þæt wæs triumpheum,

      Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 35.
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  • Mǽrþa

    insignia (ornamentorum et vestium).

      An. Ox. 5172.

  • Eal swá feala mǽrþa ic geríme [swá] stíþnessa [þú] on belǽt[st]

    tot ego glorias numerabo quot uINCERTAINiolentias inrogaueris,

    4762.

  • Hí ealle Godes mǽrða wurðodon,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 799.

  • Tó þám geweorce bróhte ꝥ folc gold and seolfor and deórwirþe gimstánas and menigfælde mǽrþa,

      Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3. 31.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “mǽrþu.” 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/55007.

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