mar

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 263 words | Copyright

mar † hinder; † spoil, impair OE.; harm, injure, ruin (now in lighter sense) XIII. OE. merran (WS. mierran) = OS. merrian hinder (Du. marren fasten, loiter), OHG. marren, merren hinder, ON. merja bruise, crush, Goth. (Gmc.) marzjan cause to stumble.

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