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单词 murther
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murthern.1

Forms: Old English myrþra, Old English myrðra, Middle English mirþer, Middle English morder, Middle English mordour, Middle English morther, Middle English murdere, Middle English mvrdre; Scottish pre-1700 murder, pre-1700 murther, pre-1700 murthire, pre-1700 murthur.
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Cognate with Old High German murdreo and Gothic maurþrja < the Germanic base of murder n.1 and murder v.In forms frequently assimilated to murder n.1 or murder v.
Obsolete (Scottish in later use).
A murderer, an assassin.
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the world > life > death > killing > man-killer or homicide > [noun] > murderer or assassin
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eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) ii. viii. 124 Se myrðra..se þe hine gewundade.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 23112 (MED) Þe first raw..sal be of wrecchis mistrawand, þat renaide ar & traitours als, man mirþeres & theuis fals.
c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 81 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 65 [A]ne woman..þat wedyt was wilfully with ane murthire.
c1535 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1905) III. Prol. to Rom. 339 As we see be experiens in mony murthurress and theiffis, quhilkis..eftir thai haif eschappit, dois ewin the sam agaynne.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 193 The cytharist, and the vthir twa murtheris, war takne.
1606 in C. P. Stewart Hist. Mem. Stewarts of Fothergill (1870) 118 Johne Stewart..Alexander Stewart..murtheris of vmquhile Johne Stewart.
1658 in Melrose Reg. Rec. I. 197 Depones she..hard ane of them call uther murder.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

murthern.2

Origin: Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: mortar n.1
Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of mortar n.1 after murder n.1; compare earlier murderer n. 3.
Obsolete. rare.
A piece of ordnance; (perhaps) = murderer n. 3, mortar n.1 4.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > small or short pieces
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xviii. 138/1 They are of some called Murthers and slings or sling peeces, because they are slung in their holds to turne any way.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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