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”). ==== Noun ==== murth (plural murths) (UK dialectal) murder; slaughter. ===== Related terms ===== murther murtherer murtherous === Etymology 2 === Uncertain. ==== Noun ==== murth (uncountable) (obsolete, northern English, rare) plenty; abundance === References === “murth”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === thrum