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marri

marri

See also: mârri

French

Adjective

marri m ‎(feminine singular marrie, masculine plural marris, feminine plural marries)

  1. (obsolete) flustered, angry
  2. (archaic) saddened, sad; despondent
  3. (archaic) ruthful, rueful, contrite

Synonyms

Old French

Adjective

marri m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular marrie)

  1. Alternative form of mari
    • late 12th century, anonymous, La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford, page 386 (of the Champion Classiques edition of Le Roman de Tristan, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), line 552:
      Mult ai le quer gref e marri.

Etymology

From Middle French marri, from Old French mari ‎(“grieved, sad”), past participle of marir ‎(“to get angry, become distressed”), from Frankish *marrijan ‎(“to hinder, prevent, make angry”), from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną ‎(“to prevent, obstruct, spoil”), from Proto-Indo-European *mers- ‎(“to trouble, confuse, ignore, forget”). Cognate with Old High German marrjan, marren ‎(“to prevent, bother, make angry”). Compare also Old French esmeriz ‎(“flustered, grieved”), from the same source. More at maraud, mar.

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