- the
border to the
Myrgings at the
Eider (Fifeldore). The word
murge or
myrge means "pleasing" and "agreeable",
modern merry, from PGmc *murʒuz ("short")...
-
development of Meriden. The name 'Meriden'
derives from the Old
English myrge, pleasant, and denu, valley.
Between the 15th and 17th centuries, the name...
- "short" > *mreɣu- > *mreɣʷi- (remade as i-stem) >
brevis (cf. Old
English myrge "briefly",
English merry, Gr**** brakhús,
Avestan mǝrǝzu-,
Sanskrit múhu...
- its
earliest known medieval form, 'Muriden' –
likely from Old
English '
myrge' (meaning sweet, pleasant, agreeable) 'denu' (valley).
Parts of the former...
-
known as
Mirieling in 971 and the name is
believed to come from the
Saxon myrge and
hlinc meaning pleasant hill. The
parish of
Moorlinch was part of the...
