"merie" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "merier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meriest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "merie (comparative merier, superlative meriest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "merry"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 6 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, A Preface to the Reader",
          "text": "M. Mason, after his maner, was verie merie with both parties, pleasantlie playing, both, with the shrewde touches of many courste boyes, and with the small discretion of many leude Scholemasters.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete spelling of merry"
      ],
      "id": "en-merie-en-adj-ACUpIMZO",
      "links": [
        [
          "merry",
          "merry#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "merie"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English adjectives",
    "Middle English adverbs",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "merier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meriest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "merie (comparative merier, superlative meriest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "merry"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English obsolete forms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, A Preface to the Reader",
          "text": "M. Mason, after his maner, was verie merie with both parties, pleasantlie playing, both, with the shrewde touches of many courste boyes, and with the small discretion of many leude Scholemasters.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete spelling of merry"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "merry",
          "merry#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "merie"
}