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Etymology 1

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From Middle English murth, morth, from Old English morþ (death, destruction, homicide, murder; deadly sin), from Proto-West Germanic *morþ, from Proto-Germanic *murþą (death, murder), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (dead), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (to die).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moort (murder), West Frisian moard (murder), German Low German Moord (murder), German Mord (murder), Danish mord (murder), Swedish mord (murder), Icelandic morð (murder).

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murth (plural murths)

  1. (UK dialectal) Murder; slaughter.
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Etymology 2

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Uncertain.

Noun

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murth (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, northern English, rare) plenty; abundance

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