earmcearig
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Old English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
earmċeariġ
- (poetic) wretched, careworn, sad, miserable
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- Swā iċ mōdsefan · mīnne sceōlde,
oft earmċeariġ, · ēðle bidǣled,
frēomǣgum feor, · feterum sǣlan,- Like I should my heart,
oft wretched, bereft of homeland,
far from noble kinsmen, bind with fetters,
- Like I should my heart,
Declension
Declension of earmċeariġ — Strong
Declension of earmċeariġ — Weak
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “earmċeariġ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.