myrge

Old English

Alternative forms

• miriġe, murġe, myriġe, myreġe, meriġe, merġe

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *murgī, from Proto-Germanic *murgijaz, *murguz, from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short, brief”).

For the sense-development, compare pastime, German Kurzweil, kurzweilig. Cognate with the first element of Middle Dutch mergelijc (“pleasant”), Old High German murg (“short”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmyr.je/, [ˈmyrˠ.je]

Adjective

myrġe

1. pleasant, attractive, enjoyable

Declension

Declension of myrġe — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	myrġe	myrġu, myrġo	myrġe
Accusative	myrġne	myrġe	myrġe
Genitive	myrġes	myrġre	myrġes
Dative	myrġum	myrġre	myrġum
Instrumental	myrġe	myrġre	myrġe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	myrġe	myrġa, myrġe	myrġu, myrġo
Accusative	myrġe	myrġa, myrġe	myrġu, myrġo
Genitive	myrġra	myrġra	myrġra
Dative	myrġum	myrġum	myrġum
Instrumental	myrġum	myrġum	myrġum

Declension of myrġe — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	myrġa	myrġe	myrġe
Accusative	myrġan	myrġan	myrġe
Genitive	myrġan	myrġan	myrġan
Dative	myrġan	myrġan	myrġan
Instrumental	myrġan	myrġan	myrġan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	myrġan	myrġan	myrġan
Accusative	myrġan	myrġan	myrġan
Genitive	myrġra, myrġena	myrġra, myrġena	myrġra, myrġena
Dative	myrġum	myrġum	myrġum
Instrumental	myrġum	myrġum	myrġum

Derived terms

• myrgþ (“mirth”)

Descendants

• Middle English: myrie
  • English: merry
  • Middle Scots: mery, mirry
    • Scots: merry

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “myrġe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.