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† aˈmar, v. Obs. Forms: 1 amyrr-an, 1–2 amerr-an, 2–5 amerr-e(n, 3–5 amer, 3–5 amærr-e, amarr-e. [f. a- prefix 1 intens. + mar, OE. merr-an, myrr-an, to spoil, destroy.] To destroy, spoil, mar, squander; hurt, injure.
c885K. ælfred Boeth. xxxii. §1 Ðæs andwearða wela amerþ and læt ða men. c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke xv. 14 Ða he hiᵹ hæfde ealle amyrrede. c1160Hatton G. ibid., Ða he hyo hæfde ealle amerde. 1205Layam. 19469 Ne mihte heo..mid hare strengðe? þene wal amærre. 1399Langl. Rich. Redeless Prol. 15 Thus tales me troblid..And amarride my mynde. a1400Octouian 1307 He ran with a drawe swerde..And all hys goddys ther he amerrede. c1440Gesta Rom. (1879) 253 Not a litle mevid, & amarryd in mynde. |