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702 MURCIAN -- MÚTUNG.

similar relation murnan and un-murne, Ps. Th. 75, 4; also weoren Bruttes blið an modeþæ ær weoren murne, Laym. 16159.]

murcian; p. ode To grieve, complain, repine :-- Hwí murcnast (MS. Bod. murcas) ðú wið mín quid tu reum me quotidianis agis guerelis? Bt. 7, 3 ; Fox 20, 3. Murcaþ forðý ðæt hé Gode nolde þeówian gemunt homines quod Deo servire noluerunt, Past. 36, 3 ; Swt. 250, 16. Ðæt hí him ondræ-acute;den and murkien for hira unfullfremednesse ut imperfectionis suae taedio tabescant, 65, 6; Swt. 467, 13. Sóna swá ic ðé on ðisse unrótnesse geseah ðus murciende (Cott. MS. murcniende) cum te moestum lacrymantemque vidissem, Bt. 5, l; Fox 8, 27. v. murcung, murcnian.

murcnere, es; m. One who murmurs :-- On écum wíte mid ðám murcnerum, R. Ben. 21, 5.

murcnian; p. ode To murmur, complain, repine, grieve :-- Hwæt murcnast ðú æfter ðæm ðe ðú forlure oððe tó hwon fagnast ðú ðæs ðe ðú æ-acute;r hæfdest quid est, quod vel amissis doleas, vel laeteris retentis? Bt. 14, 2; Fox 42, 31: 7, 3; Fox 20, 3 (v. murcian). Hí murcniaþ &l-bar; geómriaþ murmurabunt, Ps. Spl. 58, 17. Gé murcnodon murmurastis, Deut. l, 27. Ne murcniaþ, Jn. Skt. 6, 43. Ðá ongunnon hig murcnian ongén ðone hírédes ealdor. Mt. Kmbl. 20, 11. Ðonne onginþ hé tó murcnienne, and þincþ him tó lang hwænne hé beó genumen of ðyses lífes earfoþnyssum. Homl. Th. i. 140, 19. Ða Phariséi gehýrdon ða menigeo ðus murcnigende be him, Jn. Skt. 7, 32: Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 27 (v. murcian). v. be-murcnian.

murcnung, e; f. Complaint, murmuring :-- Ðá gehýrde Drihten folces murcnunge (murmurationes). Ex. 16, 11. Ic syngede þurh tale and þurh murcnunge (per detractionem et per murmurationem), Confess. Pecc. Wóplícum murcnungum flebilibus questibus, Hpt. Gl. 518, 26. Hiófum, murcnungum questibus, 472, 64.

murcung, e ; f. Complaint, grief, murmuring :-- Hwæt is eówer murcung (murmur) wið unc? Past. 28, 6; Swt. 201, 5. Mid suá micelre murcunga his ágen mód gedréfþ tanto mentem moerore conturbat, 33, 7; Swt. 227, 19. Ðæt hié weorþen on murcunga and on ungeþylde ad impatientiae murmurationem proruunt, 45, 3; Swt. 341, 3. Hý ðé willaþ on murcunga gebringan ðonne hié ðé fram hweorfaþ fortuna cum discesserit allatura moerorem, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 19 note.

murge, v. mirige.

murnan; p. de. I. intrans. To mourn, be sad, be anxious :-- Gif ðú ðonne heora þegen beón wilt and ðé heora þeáwas líciaþ tó hwon myrnst ðú swá swíðe si probas, utere moribus, ne queraris, Bt. 7, 2 ; Fox 18, 7. Sélre biþ æ-acute;ghwæm ðæt hé his freónd wrece, ðonne hé fela murne, Beo. Th. 2775; B. 1385. Ðæt mín murnende mód. Bt. 3, l; Fox 4, 18: Beo. Th. 99 ; B. 50: Andr. Kmbl. 3332 ; An. 1669 : Exon. 101 a ; Th. 380, 28 ; Rä. l, 15. Geómor sefa. hyge murnende, 15 a; Th. 31, 24; Cri. 500. Cwom seó murnende Maria, 119 b; Th. 459, 33; Hö. 9: 121 a ; Th. 464, 22 ; Hö. 91. Bonan gnornedon, mæ-acute;ndon murnende, 38 b ; Th. 128, 8 ; Gú. 401. Murnan on móde to be sad at heart, Cd. 35 ; Th. 45, 31; Gen. 735: Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 33; Jud. 154. Hí murnaþ on móde. Cd. 169; Th. 212, 6; Exod. 535. Ne beó ðú on sefan tó forht, ne on móde ne murn be not fearful of mind, nor anxious of heart, Andr. Kmbl. 197; An. 99. II. with prepositions for, æfter :-- Ne mæg ná for feore murnan se ðe wrecan þenceþ freán not for life must he care that his lord will avenge. Byrht. Th. 139, 25; By. 259, Ne murn ðú for ðí méce ðe wearþ máðma cyst, Wald. 1, 44; Vald. 1, 24. Hyge wæs oncyrred ðæt hié ne murndon æfter mandreárne the mind was o'erthrown, so that after the glad life of men they longed not, Andr. Kmbl. 73; An. 37. III. trans. (a) To mourn, lament :-- Sum sceal murnan meotudgesceaft móde gebysgad the Maker's decree shall one mourn, troubled in mind, Exon. 87 b; Th. 328, 19 ; Vy. 20 : Salm. Kmbl. 971; Sal. 485. (b) to care about, regard :-- Se ðe hiora welt ne murnþ náuþer ne friénd ne fiend ðé má ðe wédende hund he that rules them regards neither friend nor foe any more than he would a mad dog (cf. se hláford ne scrífþ freónde ne feónde, Met. 25, 15), Bt. 37, l; Fox 186, 7. [A. R. murnen; p. murnede : Laym. murnede; p. : Piers P. mornede ; p. : Goth. maurnan GREEK: O. Sax. mornón : Icel. morna: O. H. Ger. mornén moereo; part, mornénti moestus.] v. be-murnan, meornan.

mrnung, e; f. Grief, anxiety, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 19. v. murcung (last passage).

murra, myrra, an; m. Cicely :-- Murra hátte wyrt, Lchdm. ii. 18, 3. Nim murran ða wyrt, iii. 8, 1 Myrran, 14, 20.

murre myrrh, v. myrre.

mús, e; f. I. a mouse :-- Muus mus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 41. Mús sorex, i. 23, 31 : mus vel sorex, 78, 23. Ðeós mús hic mus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 33; Som. 12, 20. Gif gé gesáwen hwelce mús ðæt wæ-acute;re hláford ofer óðre mýs, Bt. 16, 2 ; Fox 52, 2. Mýs sorices. Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 73. [Ðæt gewrit beó geworpen músen tó gnagene, Chart. Th. 318, 28.] II. a muscle :-- Mús ðæs earmes torus vel musculus vel lacertus, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 48. [Icel, mús, pl. mýss a mouse; also a muscle: O. H. Ger. mús mouse; muscle: Ger. maus mouse; muscle: Gk. GREEK mouse; muscle.] v. hreáðe-, hrére-, scirfe-, sise-mús; múse-pise.

muscelle, muscle, muxle, musle, an; f. [from Latin] A muscle or mussel, a shell-fish :-- Muscle muscula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 76. Muxle, i. 77, 71: geniscula, 281, 62. Mucxle, 65, 68: ii. 41, 19. Musclan scil conca, 15, 35. Of muscellan de conca, 26, 39: 75, 71: 89, 35. Musclan, Hpt. Gl. 417, 9. Hér beóþ oft numene missenlícra cynna muscule (muslena, note), Bd. 1. 1; S. 473, 17. Muslan musculos, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 11. [O. H. Ger. muscula ; f.]

musc-fleotan. v. must-fleóge.

múse-pise, an; f. Mouse-pea, a vetch :-- Múisepise vicia, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 55.

mús-fealle, an; f. A mouse-trap :-- Muusfalle muscipula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 34. Músfealle pelx, 71, 28. [Prompt. Parv. mows-falle: O. H. Ger. mús-falla; f. muscipula: Ger. mäuse-falle.]

mús-fealu; adj. Mouse-coloured :-- Múisfealu, bleóreád myrteus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 8. [Ger. mäuse-fahl.]

mús-hafoc, es; n. A mouse-hawk :-- Múshafoc siricarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 62, 17 : suricarius, 280, 21. Múshabuc soricarius, ii. 120, 81.

must, es; m. (?) Must, new wine :-- Must mustum (cf. níwe wín mustum, 27, 47), Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 36. Must mid hunig gemenged inomellum, 27, 45. Heortan manna must and wíndrinc myclum blissaþ vinum laetificet cor hominis, Ps. Th. 103, 14. Ne miht ðú wín wringan on midne winter, ðeáh ðé wel lyste wearmes mustes, Bt. 5, 2 ; Fox 10, 32. Ðás men sindon mid muste fordrencte ('these men are full of new wine,' Acts 2, 13), Homl. Th. i. 314, 21. [O. H. Ger. most; m. : Ger. most; m. From Latin.]

must-fleóge, an; f. A smal/ fly found in wine; bibio, parva musca quae in vino nascitur :-- Mustfleógan (rnuscfleotan, Wrt. ) bibiones, mustiones, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 74. Cf. bibulus musti bibiones (Anglice myntys) arcet amurca, 176, 24.

múþ, es; m. I. of persons, (a) The mouth :-- Múþ os, Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 52. Múþes hróf palatum, 64, 58. Gán[i]gende múþe hiulco rostro, ii. 79, 34. Hé for ðý sáre ne mihte his hand tó múþe gedón could not put his hand to his mouth, Bd. 3, 2 ; S. 525, 4. Eall ðæt on ðone múþ gæ-acute;þ, gæ-acute;þ on ða wambe, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 17. Múþum buccis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 16. (b) the mouth as an instrument of speech :-- Be æ-acute;lcon worde ðe of Godes múþe gæ-acute;þ, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 4. Hé æt his sylfes múþe gehýrde, Bd. 3, 27; S. 558, 40. Múþas ealle ða unriht sprecaþ os loquentium iniqua, Ps. Th. 62, 9. (c) the face :-- Ic sprece tó him múþe tó múþe, Num. 12, 8. II. of things, A mouth, opening, orifice :-- Æ-acute;lces kynnes múþ orificium, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 57 : Exon. 108 b; Th. 415, 10; Rä. 33, 9. Duru sceal on healle, rúm recedes múþ. Menol. Fox 533; Gn. C. 37, Gif mon biþ on hrif wund. ... gif hé þurhwund biþ, æt gehweðerum múþe twentig sci&l-bar;&l-bar;. , L. Alf. pol. 61 ; Th. i. 96. 12. Beleác heofonríces weard merehúses múþ (the door of the ark), Cd. 69; Th. 82, 18; Gen. 1364. [Goth. munþs: Icel. munnr, múðr: O. Sax. múð : O. Frs. muth, mund: O. H. Ger. mund.]

múþa, an; m. I. the mouth of a river :-- Ðæ-acute;r ligeþ se múþa út on ðone gársecg ðære ié ðe mon háteþ Gandis (ostia fluminis Gangis) . . . Be súþan ðæm múþan is se port Caligardamana . . . be norþan ðæm Gandes múþan is se port Samera. Be norþan ðæm porte is se múþa ðære ié . . . Ottorogorre, Ors. l, l; Swt. 10, 6-13. On Limene múþan . . . Se múþa is on eástweardre Cent. . . On ða eá hí tugon up hiora scipu óþ ðone weald, iiii míla fram ðæm múþan útanweardum, Chr. 893 ; Erl. 88, 25-32. Æ-acute;lc ceápscip friþ hæbbe ðe binnan múþan cumau, L. Eth. ii. 2; Th. i. 284, 20; ii. 3; Th. i. 286, 6. Ofer Humbre múþan, Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 7. On súþhealfe Sæfern múþan ... óþ Afene múþan, 918; Erl. 104, 4-5 : Bd. 5, 24; S. 647, 20. Ofer ðone múþan trans fretum, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 18, 28. On hwelcum wæterum and on æ-acute;ghwelcra eá múþum hí sculun sécan fiscas, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 19. II. an opening, door :-- Recedes múþan. Beo. Th. 1452; B. 724. [Icel. munni mouth (of a cave, etc. ).] v. ge-mýþe.

mú-þádl, e; f. A mouth-disease :-- Múþádl on góman mentedra vel oscedo, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 64: ii. 58, 7. v. múþ-coþu.

múþ-bana, an; m. One who destroys with the mouth :-- Him Grendel wearþ tó múþbonan, leófes mannes líc eall forswealg, Beo. Th. 4165; B. 2079.

múþ-bersting, e; f. A breaking out about the mouth :-- Múþberstingc (in a list of diseases) frenus (cf. frenusculi, ulcera circa rictum oris, similia his quae fiunt jumentis asperitate frenorum, Isid, 4, orig. 8), Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 14. Múþbersting, ii. 39, 17. Múþberstung, 150, 56.

múþ-coþu, e ; f. A mouth-disease; oscedo ( = cris ulcus), Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 13: ii. 64, 2.

múþp-freó; adj. At liberty to speak :-- Hwí ne synt wé múþfreó ? hú ne móton wé sprecan ðæt wé willaþ, Ps. Th. II, 4.

múþ-hæ-acute;l, es; n. Salutary words pronounced by the mouth :-- Módiges (Moses) múþhæ-acute;l (cf. éce ræ-acute;das Moyses sægde. Th. 210, 15-17), Cd. 170: Th. 213, 14; Exod. 552.

múþ-hróf, es; m. The roof of the mouth, palate :-- Múþhrófe palato, Hpt. 414, 22.

múþ-leás, adj. Without a mouth: :-- Ic sccolde múþleás sprecan, Exon. 123a; Th. 472, 1; Rä. 61, 9.

mútian. v. bi-mútian.

mútung, e; f. A loan (?) :-- Mútung vel wrixlung mutuum, Wrt. Voc.