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mirgen

  • noun
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that which causes delight, poetry(?)
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  • Him wæs lust micel ðæt hé ðiossum leódum leóþ spellode, monnum myrgen

    great his (Alfred) delight was lays to relate, matter of mirth for men,

    • Bt. Met. Fox introd. 9
    • ;
    • Met. Einl. 5.
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Cf. mirigness.
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v.  mirig-ness.
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  • mirgen, n.