Old English · noun
iermþu
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈi͜yrm.θu/[ˈi͜yrˠm.θu]
- Syllables
- ˈi͜yrm · θu (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- povertymisery
Meaning
-
poverty
-
misery
hwæt iċ yrmþa ġebād, · siþþan iċ ūp wēox, nīwes oþþe ealdes, · nō mā þonne nū.
I can say that I withstood no more of wretchedness, new or old, since I grew up, then now.
Iċ þæt seċġan mæġ,
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *armiþu. Equivalent to earm (“poor”) + -þu.
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