Middle English Dictionary Entry
merring ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | merring ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Hindrance, impediment; damaging, ruining, defiling; injuring, affliction.
Associated quotations
- (1357) Gaytr.LFCatech.(Yk-Borth R.I.11)26/124 : Iesu crist..toke flesh and blode..Withouten ony merryng of hir modirhede.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)4362 : Meke þe of þi malencoli for marring of þi-selue.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8779 : Þai fand gret merring [Göt: marring] in þair merck.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)24802 : A grete resun wele schau he cuth Widvten ani maring [Vsp: mer; Frf: merre] in muth.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)186 : For marryng of maryagez and mayntnaunce of schrewez..Man may mysse þe myrþe þat much is to prayse.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)6114 : Men may calle þat day..Þe day of merryng and of myrkes.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)17 : Alle oþere bookis writun..into waast, and not oonly into waaste but into marryng and cumbring of cristen mennes wittis.
- ?a1450(?c1400) Wycl.LFCatech.(Lamb 408)27/440 : Iesus crist..be-com man..withowtyn ony marryng of hyr maydynhed.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7982 : Get graunt of the grekes..Þat all the deire of the ded be done on vs two..Withouten meuyng of moo or marryng of pepull.