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earm-heort

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Substitute:
poor-spirited, faint-hearted
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  • On óðre wísan sint tó monianne ðá ofermódan and ðá úpáhæfenan on hira móde, on óðre wísan ðá earmheortan and ðá wácmódan (

    pusillanimes

    ),
      Past. 209, 2.
pitiful, tender-hearted
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  • Hé wæs tó þám earmheort (swá mildheort,

    v. l.

    ) ꝥ him ofhreów ꝥ ástépede wíf, gif hé ne gehulpe hire dreórinysse,
      Gr. D. 18, 13.
Etymology
[Cf. Mildhertnesse is nemned ec arm*-*hertnesse. Armheorted is þe man þe reoweð his sinne and milce bit, O E. Hml. ii. 95, 29. Goth. arma-hairts misericors: O. H. Ger. arm*-*herz misericors.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “earm-heort.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/43445.

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