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† meruw, a. Obs.
Forms: 1 mearu, Mercian meru, 3 meruw, mereuh, 4 meruȝ.
[OE. mearu (stem mearw-) = OHG. marawi (MHG. mar, marw-), ablaut var. of OHG. mur(u)wi (MHG. mürwe, mür, mod.G. mürbe) of the same meaning.]
Soft, tender.
c975Rushw. Gosp. Matt. xxiv. 32 Þonne telᵹra his merwe biþ..ᵹe witan þæt neh is sumer. c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 216 ᵹyf þonne se lichoma mearu [v.v. mearuw] sy seoð on huniᵹe leᵹe to þam sare. a1225Ancr. R. 378 Ȝunge impen me bigurt mid þornes, leste bestes ureten ham þeo hwule þet heo beoð meruwe. c1275Luue Ron 44 in O.E. Misc. 94 Hwenne hit schal to-glide hit is fals and mereuh and frouh. c1320Sir Beues (A.) 2525 Ich was so lite & so meruȝ, Eueri man me clepede dweruȝ. |