† ermev.
Obsolete.
a. transitive. To make miserable, grieve, harass, vex.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)]
tawc893
ermec897
swencheOE
besetOE
bestandc1000
teenOE
baitc1175
grieve?c1225
war?c1225
noyc1300
pursuec1300
travailc1300
to work (also do) annoyc1300
tribula1325
worka1325
to hold wakenc1330
chase1340
twistc1374
wrap1380
cumbera1400
harrya1400
vexc1410
encumber1413
inquiet1413
molest?a1425
course1466
persecutec1475
trouble1489
sturt1513
hare1523
hag1525
hale1530
exercise1531
to grate on or upon1532
to hold or keep waking1533
infest1533
scourge1540
molestate1543
pinch1548
trounce1551
to shake upa1556
tire1558
moila1560
pester1566
importune1578
hunt1583
moider1587
bebait1589
commacerate1596
bepester1600
ferret1600
harsell1603
hurry1611
gall1614
betoil1622
weary1633
tribulatea1637
harass1656
dun1659
overharry1665
worry1671
haul1678
to plague the life out of1746
badger1782
hatchel1800
worry1811
bedevil1823
devil1823
victimize1830
frab1848
mither1848
to pester the life out of1848
haik1855
beplague1870
chevy1872
obsede1876
to get on ——1880
to load up with1880
tail-twist1898
hassle1901
heckle1920
snooter1923
hassle1945
to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck1946
to bust (a person's) chops1953
noodge1960
monster1967
the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict
overharryeOE
aileOE
swencheOE
besetOE
traya1000
teenOE
to work (also do) (a person) woeOE
derve?c1225
grieve1297
harrya1300
noyc1300
travailc1300
to work (also do) annoyc1300
wrath14..
aggrievea1325
annoya1325
tribula1325
to hold wakenc1330
anguish1340
distrainc1374
wrap1380
strain1382
ermec1386
afflicta1393
cumbera1400
assayc1400
distressc1400
temptc1400
encumber1413
labour1437
infortune?a1439
stressa1450
trouble1489
arraya1500
constraina1500
attempt1525
misease1530
exercise1531
to hold or keep waking1533
try1539
to wring to the worse1542
pinch1548
affligec1550
trounce1551
oppress1555
inflict1566
overharl1570
strait1579
to make a martyr of1599
straiten1611
tribulatea1637
to put through the hoop(s)1919
snooter1923
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xvii. 121 Ic mæg slean and ierman mine [h]eafodgemæccan.
a1000 Boeth. Metr. ix. 45 He [Nero] hæfde him to gamene..hu he eorþcyningas yrmde and cwelmde.
c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Prol. 26 But weel I wot thou dost myn herte erme.
b. intransitive for reflexive. To grieve, be sorry.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > feel sorrow or grief [verb (intransitive)]
sorroweOE
sorryeOE
careOE
heavyOE
mournOE
rueOE
murkenOE
dole13..
likec1330
wailc1374
ensorrowc1384
gloppen?a1400
sytea1400
teena1400
grievec1400
angera1425
erme1481
yearna1500
aggrieve1559
discomfort?a1560
melancholyc1580
to eat one's (own) heart1590
repent1590
passion1598
sigh1642
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 46 Thenne departed he fro the kynge so heuyly that many of them ermed.
Derivatives
ˈerming n.2 grieving, sadness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [noun]
rueeOE
teeneOE
sorrowOE
gramec1000
sytec1175
ruthc1225
dolea1240
balec1275
sighinga1300
dolour13..
ermingc1300
heartbreakc1330
discomfortc1350
griefa1375
tristourc1380
desolation1382
sichinga1387
tristesse1390
compassiona1400
rueinga1400
smarta1400
displeasure14..
gremec1400
heavity14..
dillc1420
notea1425
discomforturec1450
dolefulnessc1450
wandremec1450
regratec1485
doleance1490
trista1510
mispleasance1532
pathologiesa1586
balefulness1590
drearing1591
distressedness1592
woenessa1600
desertion1694
ruesomeness1881
schmerz1887
c1300 K. Alis. 1525 Theo bysschop weop for ermyng.
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