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Wright's OE grammar
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  • Genim ðone crop ufeweardne swá mearune (mearuwne,

    v. l.

    ),
      Lch. i. 224, 17.

  • Mearewa smæras

    tenera labella,

      An. Ox. 2162.

  • Merwe ífigtwigu,

      Lch. ii. 324, 16.

  • Merwost sié,

      194, 24.
of persons.
not grown up, not fully developed, inexperienced
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  • Hé him wæs ondrǽdende þone slide þǽre synne in þám merwum (mearwum, v. l.) 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.
delicate, not robust
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  • Ðám untrumum gebróðrum oðþe þǽm mearewum (mearwum,

    v. l. delicatis

    ) and þám unweorcheardum,
      R. Ben. 75, 7.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. meruw.]
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v. meru.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “mearu.” 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/55208.

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