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mǽran

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
mǽran, máran; p. de
Wright's OE grammar
§530; §643;
To make known, celebrate, declare, proclaim
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  • Mín múþ sægeþ ðíne mægenspéde and ðín sóþfæst weorc mǽreþ

    os meum pronuntiabit justitiam tuam,

    • Ps. Th. 70, 14.

  • Songe lofiaþ mǽraþ módigne meaglum reordum

    they praise with song and with powerful voices celebrate the noble bird,

    • Exon. 60b
      • ;
    • Th. 221, 21
      • ;
    • Ph. 338.

  • For cyning mǽraþ leófne leódfruman

    they proclaim the loved chief as king,

    • Th. 222, 6
      • ;
    • Ph. 344.

  • Swylce mín tunge tídum mǽrde ðín sóþfæst weorc

    sed et lingua mea tota die meditabitur justitiam tuam,

    • Ps. Th. 70, 22.

  • Ðæt hí heora bearnum budun and sægdun and cinn óðrum cýðden and mǽrden

    ut notam faceret eam fliis suis; ut cognoscat generatio altera,

    • 77, 7.

  • Gé scyldigra synne secgaþ, sóþfæstra nó mód and monþeáw mǽran willaþ,

    • Exon. 40a
      • ;
    • Th. 132, 26
      • ;
    • Gú. 478.

  • Hit nǽnig mon út cýðan ne móste, ðý læs ða elreordigan kyningas on ðæt fǽgon, ðæt ic swá lytle hwíle lifgean móste. Ne hit ǽnig mon ðære ferde ðon má út máran móste, ðý læs hié for ðon ormóde wǽron,

    • Nar. 32, 22.
Etymology
[
Goth. mérjan to proclaim, announce
:
O. Sax. márian
;
Icel. mæra to praise
:
O. H. Ger. márian diffamare, declarare, clarificare, praedicare.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-mǽran.
Linked entries
v.  máran.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “mǽran.” 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/22167.

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