Murcen

Old English Dictionary Entry

Murcen

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (?); Related words: murcian, murcnian,

Definitions

1 murcen

adj. Sad, complaining :-- Ða ðe murcne ǽr hungur heardne geþoledan, Ps. Th. 145, 6. [and cf. forsimilar relation murnan and un-murne, Ps. Th. 75, 4; also weoren Bruttes blið an modeþæ ær weoren murne, Laym. 16159.] murcen

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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