myrge

Old English

Alternative forms

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

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    References

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