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† ermth(e Obs.
Forms: 1 ęrmþ(u, ięrmþ(u, yrmþ(u, 3 ærmðe, (2 ermde), 2–3 ermðe.
[OE. ęrmþu, repr. OTeut. type *armiþâ: see arm a. and -th1. Also without umlaut: see armthe.]
Poverty; wretchedness.
Beowulf 1259 (Gr.) Grendles moder..yrmþe ᵹemunde. c888K. ælfred Boeth. xxxviii. ii, To sellenne witu & ermþa þam yfelum monnum. a1000Ags. Ps. civ. 14 [cv. 16] Cwom ofer eorþan ermþu. c1175Lamb. Hom. 113 He..nule on his ermðe edmodnesse halden. c1205Lay. 87 Eneas þe duc mid ermden at-wond. Ibid. 16143 Þurh þe muclen ærmðe & þurh þene mucle hærm. |