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miserable.
attended with misery
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  • Ne wénaþ hí nó ꝥ ꝥ gód wyrd sié, ac wénaþ ꝥ hió sié swíþe earmlico (

    populus judicat esse miserrimam

    ),
      Bt. 40, 2; F. 236, 27.

  • Bið earmlic gedál líces and sáwle,

      Wlfst. 187, 15.

  • Æfter þǽre earmlycan eówre geendunge,

      295, 20.

  • On þǽre earmlican tíde

    ea tempestate,

      An. Ox. 3938.

  • Ðý earmlican

    calamitosa (atrocitate ),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 61.

  • Earmlicne deáþ geðolian,

      Wlfst. 97, 5.
expressing misery, piteous
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  • Wépendre stefne and earmlicre,

      Bl. H. 87, 27.
pitiable, deplorable
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  • Sárlic tó cweþene, earmlic tó se[cganne]

    dolendum dictu, i. gemendum,

      An. Ox. 1730.

  • Hit is swíþe earmlic ðing ꝥ ðá dysegan men sint ǽlces dómes swá blinde,

      Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 21: An. 1137.

  • Ic eom myd earmlire ofergiotolnesse ofseten,

      Solil. H. 63, 4.

  • Ꝥ þǽr wǽre sum man earmlice deáþe áswolten, swá ꝥ hé hine sylfne áwyrde,

      Bl. H. 219, 11.
poor, mean, sorry
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  • Mid earmlicum

    cum paupertinis,

      An. Ox. 46, 15.

  • Gemildsa mé nacodum forlidenum, næs ná of earmlicum birdum geborenum,

      Ap. Th. 11, 20.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. armlich. O. Sax. arm-lik pitiable: O. H. Ger. arma-líh miser.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “earm-lic.” 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/43448.

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