Muir

Muir

A Muir is the Scots word for moorland, and Scots Gaelic for sea, and is the etymological origin of the surname and Clan Muir/Mure/Moore in Scotland and other parts of the world.

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Famous quotes containing the word muir:

    “They do not live in the world,
    Are not in time and space.
    From birth to death hurled
    No word do they have, not one
    To plant a foot upon,
    Were never in any place.”
    —Edwin Muir (1887–1959)

    “But famished field and blackened tree
    Bear flowers in Eden never known.
    Blossoms of grief and charity
    Bloom in these darkened fields alone.”
    —Edwin Muir (1887–1959)

    “Long time he lay upon the sunny hill,
    To his father’s house below securely bound.”
    —Edwin Muir (1887–1959)