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mirce

  • adjective
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mirce, adj.
dark, murky
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  • Ða mircan gesceaft (

    Hell

    ),
    • Exon. 116 a
    • ;
    • Th. 446, 23
    • ;
    • Dóm. 26.
  • Gang ofer myrcan mór

    her course o'er the dark moor,

    • Beo. Th. 2814
    • ;
    • B. 1405.
in a metaphorical sense (of sin, crime, etc.) dark, black, evil
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  • Mircne mægencræft mánwomma gehwone

    dark power, each sinful stain,

    • Exon. 26 b
    • ;
    • Th. 78, 26
    • ;
    • Cri, 1280.
  • Ðeáh ðú drype þolige, myrce mánslaga,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2437
    • ;
    • An. 1220.
  • Leahtras mirce mándǽde

    crimes, black deeds of wickedness,

    • Exon. 62 b
    • ;
    • Th. 229, 18
    • ;
    • Ph. 457.
  • Mircast mánweorca

    blackest of crimes,

    • 73 a
    • ;
    • Th. 272, 26
    • ;
    • Jul. 505.
Etymology
[
Havel. mirke
:
Chauc. Piers P. merke
:
Prompt. Parv. myrke obscurus, tenebrosus
:
O. Sax. mirki
:
Icel. myrkr
:
Dan. Swed. mörk.
]
Derived forms
æl-myrca, Gúþ-myrce
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v. mirc-apuldor,
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  • mirce, adj.