mirre

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Galician

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Verb

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mirre

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

Italian

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Noun

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mirre f pl

  1. plural of mirra

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.)‎[1], 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

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  • Middle English: mirre

References

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Old French

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. myrrh

Portuguese

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Verb

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mirre

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