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to make wretched, afflict.
the object a person
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  • Genǽt, geyrmþ

    conterat,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 5.
  • Gé beóð gesealde feóndum tó gewealde, ðá eów geyrmað and swíðe geswencað,

      Wlfst. 133, 9.
  • Þæt wíf hire ágenne teám mid wyriunge geyrmde,

      Hml. Th. ii. 34, 31.
  • Ðá underðiéddan mon sceal lǽran ðæt hié elles ne sién genǽt ne geirmed (-iermed,

    v. l.) subditos non subjectio conterat,

      Past. 189, 16.
  • Ealle ðá gódan fǽrlíce geyrmde hreówlíce wurdon,

      Hml. S. 23, 24.
  • Hí beóð geyrmede ðurh unwísne cyning on manegum ungelimpum,

      Hml. Th. ii. 320, 3.
the object a thing
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  • Byð his eard geyrmed ǽgðer ge on heregunge ge on hungre . . .,

      O. E. Hml. i. 303, 14.
to make poor
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  • Geyrmde

    exsumptuavit, pauperavit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 37.
Etymology
[Cf. O. Sax. gi-armód(applied to Lazarus).]
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v. irman.
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