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mǽrsian

  • verb [ weak ]
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mǽrsian, <b>. A.</b> trans.
Wright's OE grammar
§536; §659;
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  • Hí mid ege and micelan geláfan mǽrsodon þǽre eádigan forðfóre dæg,

      Hml. S. 23b, 800.
  • His gemynd sceal beón mǽrsad mid mæssesongum,

      Shrn. 84, 3.
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  • Eástrun wé ná ne mǽrsiaþ

    pascha nan celebramus,

      An. Ox. 40, 30.
  • Hé mérsode micele symbelnesse for þám sige,

      Hml. S. 30, 396.
  • Dreám mǽrsodan

    concentum celebrabant (praefatae virgines),

      An. Ox 4661.
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  • Hé worhte fela wundra . . . se Hǽlend hine mérsode (mǽrsode,

    v. l.

    ) swá,
      Hml. S. 27, 205.
  • Mǽrsi[an] extollamus, An. Ox. 56, 332. B. intrans. To become famous; clarescere :-- Manige hálige martyras . . . daga gehwylce mǽrsiað and scínaþ

    (clarescunt)

    for þám wundrum þe æt heora þám deádum bánum geweorðað.
      Gr. D. 292, 4.
  • Manige wundra scínaþ and mǽrsiað

    (clarescunt)

    þe lange ǽr wǽron mannum bemiþene,
      330, 21.
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