Myrra
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Myrra is réad-brún tréowterulic ontimber, þæt gedrýgde sæp þæs Commiphora myrrha tréowes, gewuna Sómalian. Sumu óðru Commiphora oþþe Balsamodendron sapu sind gecnáwen éac swá myrran, behæbbende þá of Commiphora erythraea (hwíltídum geháten East Indisc myrra), Commiphora opobalsamum, and Balsamodendron kua.
Myrra is a constituent of perfumes and stérunge, and was highly prized in ancient times. Myrra wæs án þára giefa þára Magi þǽm cilde Jesus in the story told in the Gospel of Matthew. Myrrh wæs genoten swá stérung in déaþþegnungum and cremations, a fact alluded to in the Christmas carol Wé Þríe Cyningas.
