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with the idea of suffering
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  • Nú is seó tíd, earmincg Zosimus, ꝥ þú gefremme ꝥ þé beboden is, ac . . . ic nát mid hwí ic delfe,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 763.

  • Earming, ne geýc ðú swýðor þíne yrmða,

      Hml. Th. i. 594, 27.

  • Wé sprecað ymbe God, earmingas be mildheortum,

      286, 9.
with idea of reprobation
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  • Ic, earming, míne lima áwende tó deóflicum weorcum,

      Angl. xi. 112, 18.

  • Hwæt ðú (

    the impenitent thief

    ) lá, earming, ne ondrǽtst ðú ðé
      God?, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 12.

  • Ðá áwrát se earming mid his ágenra hande swá swá se deófol him gedihte þone pistol,

      Hml. S. 3, 382.
with idea of contempt,
a poor thing
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  • Gé sind earmingas gewordene, gé ðe wǽron mǽre and strange,

      Hml. Th. i. 64, 24. ¶
    The word seems to occur in local names :-- Þrý hámas . . . þus gehátene . . . Earmingaford, C. D. iii. 60, 34.
  • Earmingtún, iv. 292, 11.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. arming. O. H. Ger. arming pauper.]
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v. irming.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “earming.” 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/43447.

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