mery

mery

1. Obsolete form of merry.
   • 1533, R. Saltwood:

     As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn.

• Emry, Myer

• merie, mirie, myrie, murie, murȝe, merye, myrry, myry, miry, mirye, myriȝe, myrye, murye, miri, meri, mury

Inherited from Old English meriġe, miriġe, myriġe, myreġe, myrġe, from Proto-Germanic *murguz, from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus. Doublet of bref.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛriː(ə)/, /ˈmiriː(ə)/, /ˈmuriː(ə)/

mery (plural and weak singular meriere, comparative meriest)

1. Happy, joyful, pleased; in a good mood or state of mind:
   1. Tending to be happy; jovial, merry, good-natured, blissful.
   2. Creating or pertaining to happiness; nice, good, delightful.
   3. (of a time or place) Happy, nice, good, bounteous.
   4. (of speech or sound) Useful, entertaining, appealing.
2. Attractive, good-looking; pleasing to one's eyes.
3. Having a good, nice or pleasing scent or smell.
4. Powerful, mighty, tough; having much strength.
5. (rare) Full of humor (due to drink).
6. (rare) Active, fast, vigorous.
7. (rare) Intelligent, smart, learned.

• merily
• merines
• mirien
• myrthe

• English: merry
• Scots: mirry, mery

• “mirī(e (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-09.

mery

1. Merrily, gladly, jovially; in a happy or merry way.
2. Pleasingly, delightfully; in a way causing happiness.
3. (rare) Attractively, nicely.
4. (rare) Without strength or harshness.

• “mirī(e (adv.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-09.