† ˈmurdres, v. Sc. Obs.
Forms: α. 4 mwrthrys, 5 murthrys; β. 6 murdreis, murdris, murdres.
[ad. OF. murdriss-, mordriss-, lengthened stem of murdrir, mordrir murder v. Cf. murtrish v. (The α forms are due to assimilation to murther murder n.)]
= murder v.
| α c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xxii. (Laurentius) 92 He had as a wykyt mane Mwrth[r]yst his lord. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. vi. ix. 63 (1795) I. 176 In Murrawe syne he murthrysyd was. |
| β c 1507 Dunbar Poems xxxiii. 30 In pottingry he wrocht grit pyne, He murdreist mony in medecyne. 1508 ― Tua Mariit Wemen 212 Apone sic materis I mus[e], at myd⁓nyght, full oft, And murnys so in my mynd, I murdris my selfin. 1545 in Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) II. 349 note, The Lord Maclane's fader was cruellie murdressit..be Sir John Campbell of Calder. a 1578 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) II. 83 They murdrest him to the deid. 1585–86 Reg. Privy Council Scot. IV. 57 Maist schamefullie to murdreis him. 1598 Ibid. V. 443 To have murdreist him be way of hamesuckin. |