murth

English

Etymology 1

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”).

Noun

murth (plural murths)

1. (UK dialectal) murder; slaughter.

Related terms

• murther
• murtherer
• murtherous

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

murth (uncountable)

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

References

• “murth”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• thrum