Add: I. of material :-- Genim ðone crop ufeweardne swá mearune (mearuwne, ), Lch. i. 224, 17. Mearewa smæras tenera labella, An. Ox. 2162. Merwe ífigtwigu, Lch. ii. 324, 16. Merwost sié, 194, 24. II. of persons. (1) not grown up, not fully developed, inexperienced :-- Hé him wæs ondrǽdende þone slide þǽre synne in þám merwum (mearwum, ) leorningmannum (tenerioribus discipulis), Gr. D. 119, 17. (1 a) of age, tender age or years :-- Seó mearewæste cildes yld tenerrima infantis etatula, An. Ox. 2865. On mearuwes[tan] in tenerrima (pubertate), 1633. Mærewestan gracillima (cunabulorum aetatula), 5038. (2) delicate, not robust :-- Ðám untrumum gebróðrum oðþe þǽm mearewum (mearwum, ) and þám unweorcheardum, R. Ben. 75, 7. [N. E. D. meruw.]