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"ref": "1533, R. Saltwood, A comparyson bytwene. iiij. byrdes, the larke, the nyghtyngale, ye thrusshe [and] the cuko, for theyr syngynge who shuld be chauntoure of the quere",
"text": "As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn.",
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"ref": "1581, William Sandys, Christmastide: Its History, Festivities, and Carols (published 2020)",
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"ref": "1596, Hugh Latimer, Frutefull Sermons, page 52",
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"English lemmas",
"English obsolete forms",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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"ref": "1526, John Rastell, edited by Hermann Oesterley, A Hundred Mery Talys: From the Only Perfect Copy Known (published 1866), page 57",
"text": "A Yonge gentylman of the age of .xx. yere some whate dysposyd to myrth and game on a tyme talkyd with a gentylwoman which was ryght wyfe and also mery.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "1533, R. Saltwood, A comparyson bytwene. iiij. byrdes, the larke, the nyghtyngale, ye thrusshe [and] the cuko, for theyr syngynge who shuld be chauntoure of the quere",
"text": "As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1581, William Sandys, Christmastide: Its History, Festivities, and Carols (published 2020)",
"text": "At Christmas be mery, and thanke god of alll And feast thy pore neighbours, the great with the small.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1596, Hugh Latimer, Frutefull Sermons, page 52",
"text": "There was a mery Monke in Cambridge in the college that I was in, and it chanced a great company of us to be together, intending to make good cheare, to be mery (as scholers wd by mery when they are disposed:)",
"type": "quotation"
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"Obsolete form of merry."
],
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"alt-of",
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"Middle English lemmas",
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"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
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"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"enm:Appearance",
"enm:Emotions",
"enm:Mind",
"enm:Smell",
"enm:Sound",
"enm:Time"
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{
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{
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{
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"Tending to be happy; jovial, merry, good-natured, blissful."
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"(of speech or sound) Useful, entertaining, appealing."
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"Attractive, good-looking; pleasing to one's eyes."
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{
"glosses": [
"Powerful, mighty, tough; having much strength."
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"Full of humor (due to drink)."
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"(rare) Full of humor (due to drink)."
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"Intelligent, smart, learned."
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"(rare) Intelligent, smart, learned."
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"ipa": "/ˈmɛriː(ə)/"
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{
"ipa": "/ˈmiriː(ə)/"
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{
"ipa": "/ˈmuriː(ə)/"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "mury"
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