Old English Dictionary Entry

Mirring

Part of speech: e; Related words: mirran , II) :-- Oððe se gielpna for his góda mierringe (mirringe, Cott. MSS.) gielpe and wéne ðæt hé síe kystig and mildheort

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1 mirring

f. I. hindering, leading astray :-- Merrunga seductiones, Mk. Skt. p. 5, 8. Cf. mirra. [O. Frs. meringa hindrance: O. H. Ger. marunga impedimentum.] II. waste, squandering (aut cum effuse quid perditur, largum se glorietur, Past. 20, 2; Swt. 149, 20. Ða uncystgan cysta lǽre hé, swá hé ða cystgan on merringe ne gebringe sic tenacibus infundatur tribuendi largilas, ut prodigis effusionis frena minime laxentur, 60; Swt. 453, 27.

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Runic Inscription

ᛗᛁᚱᚱᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.: German
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Mk.: Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Past.: Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader

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