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Mirce

  • noun
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Mirce, Mierce, Myrce; pl.
The Mercians, (and as the name of the people is used where modern English uses the name of their country) Mercia [see Green's The Making of England, p. 85]
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  • Hér Mierce wurdon Cristne,

    • Chron. 655
      • ;
    • Erl. 28, 1.

  • Ðá námon Mierce (Myrce, MS. E.) friþ wið ðone here,

    • 872
      • ;
    • Erl. 76, 16.

  • Of Engle cóman EástEngle and Middel-Engle and Myrce ( Merci ) and eall Norþhembra cynn,

    • Bd. 1, 15
      • ;
    • S. 483, 25.

  • Miercna cyning, land, ríce,

    • Chr. 853
      • ;
    • Erl. 68, 7: 877
      • ;
    • Erl. 78, 26: 794
      • ;
    • Erl. 58, 7.

  • Mircena cining,

    • 704
      • ;
    • Er1. 43, 30.

  • Mercna land, ríce, cyningcynn,

    • 905
      • ;
    • Erl. 98, 14: 655
      • ;
    • Erl. 28, 4: Bd. 2, 20
      • ;
    • S. 521, 8.

  • Myrcna cynn, mǽgþ, þeód,

    • 3, 21
      • ;
    • S. 551, 23: 4, 3; S. 566, 24: 2, 12
      • ;
    • S, 515, 7.

  • Myrcna landes is þrittig þúsend hýda ðǽr mon ǽrest Myrcna hǽt,

    • Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 15.

  • Myrcena cining, land,

    • Chr. 792
      • ;
    • Erl. 59, 1: 796
      • ;
    • Erl. 59, 39: L. Alf. 49
      • ;
    • Th. i. 58, 25: L. Eth. i. pref.
      • ;
    • Th. i. 280, 4.

  • Ðá féng Æðelbald tó ríce on Mercium (Myrcum, MS. E.),

    • Chr. 716
      • ;
    • Erl. 44, 14.

  • In Mercum preóst,

    • 731
      • ;
    • Erl. 47, 10.

  • On Myrcean,

    • L. C. S. 14
      • ;
    • Th. i. 384, 1.

  • On West-Sexan and on Myrcan and on Eást-Englan,

    • 72
      • ;
    • Th. i. 414, 14: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 100, 146.

  • Hine on Mierce (Myrce,MS. E.) lǽddon,

    • Chr. 796
      • ;
    • Erl. 58, 12.

  • Hé fór ofer Mierce on Norþ-Walas,

    • 853
      • ;
    • Erl. 68, 10.

  • Innan Mierce (Myrce, MS. E.) tó Snotengahám,

    • 868
      • ;
    • Erl. 72, 21
      • ,

  • Of Wesseaxum on Merce,

    • 853
      • ;
    • Erl. 68, 22.
Similar entries
v. Norþ-, Súþ-Mirce; and mearc.
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v.  Myrce.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “Mirce.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/22910.

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