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mǽrþu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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mǽrþu, mǽrþo; indecl.: mǽrþ, e; f.
greatness, honour, glory, fame
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  • Gesprang mérþu his in all lond Galileæ

    processit rumor ejus in omnem regionem Galilaeae,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 1, 28.

  • Lof wíde sprang, miht and mǽrþo, ofer middangeard, þeodnes þegna.

    • Apstls. Kmbl. 13
      • ;
    • Ap. 7.

  • Ðǽr wæs Beówulfes mǽrþo mǽned

    there was celebrated Beowulf's glory.

    • Beo. Th. 1718
      • ;
    • B. 857: 1322
      • ;
    • B. 659.

  • Mǽrþo fremman

    to achieve glory,

      4274; B. 2134.

  • Ðæt hié him to mǽrþe burh geworhte

    that they should build a city in their own honour,

    • Cd. 80
      • ;
    • Th. 100, 12
      • ;
    • Gen. 1663.

  • Ðú ongunne ætýwan ðíne mǽrþe

    (magnitudinem).

    • Deut. 3, 24: Ps. Lamb. 150, 2.

  • Sillaþ mǽrþe (magnificentiam) úrum Gode,

    • Deut. 32, 3.

  • Dryhtne ðe hyre weorþmynde geaf mǽrþe

    to the Lord that gave her honour and glory,

    • Judth. 12
      • ;
    • Thw. 26, 25
      • ;
    • Jud. 344.

  • Geceósan swá helle hiénþu swá heofones mǽrþu,

    • Exon. 16b
      • ;
    • Th. 37, 11
      • ;
    • Cri. 591.

  • Me þincþ ðæt hit hæbbe geboht sume swíðe leáslíce mǽrþe,

    • Bt. 24, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 82, 24.

  • Ic ongite ðæt . . ða mǽstan mǽrþa ne sint on ðysse woruldgylpe

    video . . nec celebritatem gloria posse contingere,

    • 33, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 120, 4.

  • Mǽrþa gesǽligost

    most blessed of glories,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 136
      • ;
    • Sal. 67.

  • Mǽrþa ðíne hig tellaþ

    magnitudinem tuam narrabunt,

    • Ps. Lamb. 144, 6.

  • Eálá mín drihten . . mǽrþum gefrǽge,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 4
      • ;
    • Met. 20, 2.

  • Hine God trymede mǽrþum and mihtum

    him God confirmed with glory and with might,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 29
      • ;
    • El. 15.
a great, honourable, glorious action, a wonderful thing, mighty work
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  • Hé hét ða hýde tó Róme bringan and hié ðǽr tó mǽrþe áþenian for ðon heó wæs hundtwelftiges fóta lang

    corium (serpentis) Romam devectum (quod fuisse centum viginti pedum spatio ferunt) cunctis miraculo fuit,

    • Ors. 4, 6
      • ;
    • Swt. 174, 16.

  • Sceoldon hiera senatus ða menn beforan him drífan gebundene ðe ðǽr gefongene wǽron, ðæt heora mǽrþa sceoldon ðý þrymlícran beón,

    • 2, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 70, 30.

  • Ðǽr syndon ða micclan mǽrþa ðæt syndon ða geweorc ðe Alexander hét gewyrcean

    ibi sunt illa magna insignia que Alexander operari jusserat,

    • Nar. 33, 20.

  • Mǽrþa georne

    eager to do great things,

    • Cd. 80
      • ;
    • Th. 101, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 1677.

  • Hæbbe ic mǽrþa fela ongunnen,

    • Beo. Th. 821
      • ;
    • B. 408: 5284
      • ;
    • B. 2645: Exon. 82 b
      • ;
    • Th. 310, 34
      • ;
    • Seef. 84.

  • Ðú hit worhtes eall . . ðeáh ðé nǽnegu nédþearf wǽre ealra ðara mǽrþa

    thou didst make it all . . though thou didst not need all those mighty works.

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 51
      • ;
    • Met. 20, 26.

  • Mǽrþa fruma

    God,

    • Chr. 975
      • ;
    • Erl. 126, 15
      • ;
    • Edg. 41.

  • Standaþ and geseóþ Drihtnes mǽrþa

    (magnalia).

    • Ex. 14, 13: Hy. Surt. 96, 36.

  • Márþa,

    • Ps. Spl. 105, 21.

  • Ic wylle fǽhþe sécan, mǽrþum

    (gloriously, nobly)

    fremman,

    • Beo. Th. 5021
      • ;
    • B. 2514.

  • Hǽfdon neowne gefeán mǽrþum

    (wondrously, miraculously)

    geméted,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1738
      • ;
    • El. 871.
Etymology
[
Goth. méritha fame, report
:
O. Sax. máriða
:
O. H. Ger. márida fama, opinio, rumor, praeconium, claritudo.
]
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v. ellen-mǽrþu.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “mǽrþu.” 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/22195.

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