Ge-mirran

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-mirran

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ge-mirran

p. de. I. to hinder, obstruct the proper action or operation of. (1) the object personal :-- Synt gemyrde múðas ealle þá unriht sprecað obstructum est os loquentium iniqua, Ps. Th. 62, 9. (2) the object a thing :-- Tó huon eorðo gemerras why cumbereth (occupat) it the ground ?, Lk. L. 13, 7. II. to obstruct right conduct in a person, lead astray, deceive :-- Mód gemyrred in synna seáð, Jul. 412. Unwíslicum gémnisum besuicceno l gemerredo stultis sollicitudinibus seducti, Lk. p. 2, ii. Gé synd searowum beswicene, odðe sél nyton, móde gemyrde, An. 747. [Goth. ga-marzjan scandalizare: O. H. Ger. ge-merren im-, prae-pedire, retardare, frustrare.] ge-mirran

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛗᛁᚱᚱᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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