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murth

The English word “murth” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. murder; slaughter.
  2. plenty; abundance

Etymology

From Middle English murth, morth, from Old English morþ (“death, destruction, homicide, murder; deadly sin”), from Proto-West Germanic *morþ, from Proto-Germanic *murþą (“death, murder”), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (“dead”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moort (“murder”), West Frisian moard (“murder”), Dutch moord (“murder”), German Low…

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