| 释义 |
† erme, v. Obs.
[OE. yrman, ięrman (Anglian *ęrman), f. earm miserable.]
a. trans. To make miserable, grieve, harass, vex.
b. intr. for refl. To grieve, be sorry.
c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. xvii. 121 Ic mæᵹ slean and ierman mine [h]eafodᵹemæccan. a1000Boeth. Metr. ix. 45 He [Nero] hæfde him to gamene..hu he eorþcyningas yrmde and cwelmde. c1386Chaucer Pard. Prol. 26 But weel I wot thou dost myn herte erme. 1481Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 48 Thenne departed he fro the kynge so heuyly, that many of them ermed.
Hence ˈerming vbl. n., grieving, sadness.
c1300K. Alis. 1525 Theo bysschop weop for ermyng. |