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EARM

  • adjective
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Grammar
EARM, ærm, arm; comp. earmra; sup. earmost; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §7; §66; §278; §335; §426; §443; §444; §620;
poor, miserable, helpless, pitiful, wretched;pauper, mĭser
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  • Ðá com án earm wuduwe

    cum vēnisset vĭdua una pauper,

    • Mk. Bos. 12, 42, 43: Bt. 39,
      • 2;
    • Fox 212,
      • 16.

  • Nú eart tú earm sceaða

    now art thou a miserable wretch,

    • Cd. 214
      • ;
    • Th. 268,
      • 19;
    • Sat. 57: 226
      • ;
    • Th. 301,
      • 9;
    • Sat. 579: Ps. Th. 136,
      • 8.

  • Earm biþ se him his frýnd geswícaþ

    miserable is he whom his friends betray,

    • Exon. 89 a
      • ;
    • Th. 335,
      • 22;
    • Gn. Ex. 37
      • .

  • Se wæs ord-fruma earmre láfe

    who was the chief of the poor remnant,

    • Cd. 179
      • ;
    • Th. 225,
      • 11;
    • Dan. 152
      • .

  • Gé sindon earme ofer ealle menn

    you are wretched above all men,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1351
      • ;
    • An. 676
      • .

  • Nó ic gefrægn earmran mannan

    I have not heard of a more miserable man,

    • Beo. Th. 1159
      • ;
    • B. 577
      • .

  • Ic wolde cweðan ðæt hi wǽron earmoste

    I should say that they were most miserable,

    • Bt. 38,
      • 2;
    • Fox 198, 13: Exon. 110 a
      • ;
    • Th. 421,
      • 6;
    • Rä. 40,
      • 14.
the poor and destitute for whom the church made a provision; paupĕres
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  • Be teóðunge. Se cyng and his witan habbaþ gecoren and gecweden, ealswá hit riht is,—ðæt þridda [MS. þriddan] ðǽl ðare teóðunge, ðe to circan gebýrige, gá to ciric-bóte; —and óðer dǽl ðám Godes þeówum;—þridde Godes þearfum, and earman þeówetlingan

    concerning tithe. The king and his witan have chosen and decreed, as is just,—that a third part of the tithe, which belongs to the church, go to church-repair;—and a second part to the servants of God;—a third to God's poor, and the needy in thraldom,

    • L. Eth. ix. 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 342,
      • 6-9.
Etymology
[
Laym, ærm:
Plat. O. Sax. arm:
Frs. earm:
O. Frs. arm, erm:
Dut. Ger. M. H. Ger. arm:
O. H. Ger. arm, aram:
Goth. arms:
Dan. Swed. arm:
Icel. armr
.]
Similar entries
v. þearfa.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “EARM.” 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/8657.

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