Mirgen

Old English Dictionary Entry

Mirgen

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 mirgen

that which causes delight, poetry(?) :-- Him wæs lust micel ðæt hé ðiossum leódum leóþ spellode, monnum myrgen great his (Alfred) delight was lays to relate, matter of mirth for men, Bt. Met. Fox introd. 9; Met. Einl. 5. Cf. mirigness. mirgen

Runic Inscription

ᛗᛁᚱᚷᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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