Myrþra
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - myrþra
According to the Old English Dictionary:
an;
- myrþra
- m. A murderer, homicide :-- Se man biþ myrþra (homicida), se ðe his bróþor hataþ, L. Ecg. C. 24; Th. ii. 150, 10. Gif hwylc man for his mǽges wræce man ofsleá, dó (do penance) hé swá myrþra .vii. geár oððe .x., L. Ecg. P. ithe soul) wǽre ðǽr (in the world) morþ and myrþra, Wulfst. 241, 9. Ðonne biþ hé ealra ðara manna deáþes sceldig and myrþra beforan ðæs écan Déman heáhsetle, Blickl. Homl. 53, 7. Myrþran and mánswaran, 61, 13. Míne myrþran and mánsceaþan (the devils), Exon. 42 a; Th. 141, 4; Gú. 622. Myrþra homicidas, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 22, 7. [Goth. maurþrja : O. H. Ger. murdreo latro.] v. bearn-, mǽg-, self-myrþra. myrþra