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mirre (s.xii1/3)

The form murre is a cross reference to the following entry:

mirre (s.xii1/3)

mir,  mire;  mirra;  mure,  murre;  myrra,  myrre  (merre  Spicers 47)  
  FEW:  myrrha 6/iii,316a Gdf: GdfC:  mirre 10,157c TL: mirre 6,86 DEAF:  mirre  DMF:  myrrhe  TLF:  myrrhe  OED:  myrrh n.1  MED:  mirre n.  DMLBS:  Murra 1 1867c

s.

pharm.med.myrrh (aromatic gum resin, exuded by various trees)
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  (agate:) Ki l'art, si ad odur de mirre (var. (B: s.xiiiex) mure)  Lapid 32.114
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Mirra (var. (C: s.xiim) myrra) e gutta e casia de tes vestemenz de maisuns ivorines, desquels deliterent tei les filles des reis en la tue honur  Oxf Ps1 60.XLIV.10
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 )  Ço fud mirre e encens e ruge or esmeré  GUISCH 1596
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  anise, centaure, reubarbe, mire, aille, eruca qui resemble blanc poivre  Waterford busby 250.S50.9
mirre trocletem
trocletem

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murre