mirre

Italian

Noun

mirre f pl

1. plural of mirra

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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)

   • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Matheu 2:11”, in Wycliffe's Bible:

     And thei entriden in to the hous, and founden the child with Marie, his modir; and thei felden doun, and worschipiden him. And whanne thei hadden openyd her tresouris, thei offryden to hym ȝiftis, gold, encense, and myrre

     And they went into the house, and found the child with Mary, his mother, and they kneeled down and worshiped him. And when they opened their treasures, they offered gifts to him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

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

Descendants

• English: myrrh
• Scots: myrrh

References

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

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Old French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin myrrha (also murra), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha).

Noun

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

1. myrrh

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Portuguese

Verb

mirre

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