A-myrgan

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-myrgan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: trans,

Definitions

1 a-myrgan

p. de; pp. ed; [a, myrgan to be merry] To make merry, to gladden, cheer; exhilarare, lætificare :-- Béc syndon breme: hí amyrgaþ módsefan manna gehwylces of þreánýdlan ðisses lífes books are famous: they cheer the mind of every one from the necessary affliction of this life, Salm. Kmbl. 479; Sal. 240. a-myrgan

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛗᚣᚱᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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