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▪ I. † ˈmurther1 Sc. Obs. rare.
Forms: 1 myrðra, 4 murthire, 6 murther.
[OE. myrðra:—prehistoric *murþrjon- f. *murþro- murder n.]
= murderer 1.
a900tr. Bæda's Hist. ii. viii. [ix.] (1890) 124 Se myrðra..se þe hine ᵹewundade. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints iii. (Andreas) 81 Ane woman þat wedyt was wilfully with ane murthire. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scotl. iii. (S.T.S.) 193 The cytharist, and the vthir twa murtheris, war takne.
▪ II. † ˈmurther2 Obs. rare—0.
[? a perversion of mortar n.1 3 after murder n. (cf. murderer 2).]
? = mortar n.1 3.
1688R. Holme Armoury iii. xviii. (Roxb.) 138/1 They are of some called Murthers and slings or sling peeces, because they are slung in their holds to turne any way.
▪ III. murther, -ir, -our, -re, -ur
obs. ff. murder. |