mirre

Galician

Verb

mirre

1. inflection of mirrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Noun

mirre f pl

1. plural of mirra

Middle English

Alternative forms

• myrre, mirra, myrra, mirr, mir, murre, myre, mirrhe

Etymology

From Old English myrre, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), from a Semitic language. Reinforced by Old French mirre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmir(ə)/

Noun

mirre (uncountable)

1. Myrrh (the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha)
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Matheu 2:11, page 1v, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     and þei entriden in to þe hous .· ⁊ founden þe child wiþ marie his modir / and þei felden doun .· and woꝛſchipiden him / and whanne þei hadden openyde her treſouris .· þei offriden to hym ȝiftes. gold encenſe ⁊ myrre

     And they entered into the house, and found the child with Mary, his mother; then they fell down and worshipped him. And when they'd opened their treasures, they offered gifts to him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

2. The myrrh tree (Commiphora myrrha; the tree which produces myrrh).

Descendants

• Middle English: mirre
  • English: myrrh
  • Scots: myrrh

References

• “mirre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-15.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin myrrha (also murra), from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha).

Noun

mirre oblique singular, f (oblique plural mirres, nominative singular mirre, nominative plural mirres)

1. myrrh

Portuguese

Verb

mirre

1. inflection of mirrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative