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Mir, Myr, n. Also: myre, myrrhe. [ME. mir, mirre, myrre, e.m.E. mirrh, myrrh(e, OE. myrra, myrre, murra, OF. mirre (F. myrrhe), L. murr(h)a, myrrha.] Myrrh, the bitter aromatic gum-resin. Also fig. b. The myrrh-tree, the tree which yields myrrh, commiphora.In the earlier examples only with reference to Biblical incidents, such as the offerings of the Magi. a1400 Leg. S. iii. 797.
Scho … it enbawmyt … With aloe, myre and cense Ib. l. 465. c1420 Wynt. v. 92.
Myr and sens and gold sa fine a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 1059.
Mir mixt with gall He tastit thair trewly 1490 Irland Mir. I. 141/11. ?a1500 Remembr. Passion 496. c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxvii. 27.
Gold, sence and mir 1513 Doug. xii. Prol. 148.
Hailsum of smell as … Must, myr, aloes or confectioun Ib. ii. 128. Arundel MS. 257/61.
Joseph decurio spicit Thé in Thi graif With myr and must 1551 Hamilton Cat. 148. 1568 Skeyne Descr. Pest 38.
Myrrhe mundifies the harnis 1672 Reeves Sc. Prose bef. 1600 80.
Castand the mir and sence about the pepillfig. ?a1500 Remembr. Passion 497.
Wyne of deuocioun with mir of mortificacioun of the flescheb. a1450 Fifteen Ois 310.
As a fagit that is dry Off mir
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