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Old English · noun

myrþra

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈmyr.θrɑ/
[ˈmyrˠ.ðrɑ]
Syllables
ˈmyr · θrɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English
homicidemurder

Meaning

  1. homicide, murder

  2. a murderer

Declension

Declension of myrþra
SingularPlural
Nominative myrþramyrþran
Accusative myrþranmyrþran
Genitive myrþranmyrþrena
Dative myrþranmyrþrum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *murþrijō, from Proto-Germanic *murþrijô (“death, killing, murder”), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tro- (“killing”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-, *mor-, *mr- (“to die”). Akin to Gothic (maurþr, “murder”), Old High German mord (“murder”), Old Norse morð (“murder”), Old English morþ (“death, homicide, murder”), Old English morþor (“secret slaying”).

Descendants

murder

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