A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Murne], adj. sad, S, HD.—Cp. AS. murnan, to mourn.

[ Murnen], v. to mourn, S, WA; see [Mournen].

[ Murnyn], sb. mourning, B.

[ Murrin], sb. murrain, WW; see [Moreyne].

[ Murthe], sb. mirth, joy, PP, S; murth, PP; murhðe, S; murȝþe, S; myrthe, PP; mirthe, C; merthe, PP; muirth, PP; murþhes, pl., merrymakings, amusements, PP, S2; merthes, G.—AS. myrð, mirhð, from merg. See [Mery].

Mury(e), adj. merry, S, C; see [Mery].

[ Murȝen], v. to make merry, SD; murgeþ, pr. pl., S2.

[ Mus], sb. mouse, S; see [Mous].

[ Musard], sb. a dreamy fellow, HD, Bardsley; musarde, CM.—OF. musart.

[ Muse], sb. dreaming vacancy, Spenser.