"mery" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} mery
  1. Obsolete form of merry. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: merry
    Sense id: en-mery-en-adj-Le9ku8Zc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 22 5 3 3 3 1 1 2 15 0 2 10 11 13 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 6 2 2 2 1 1 1 18 0 1 12 13 15 9
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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.",
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          "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.",
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        },
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