earmian

earmian
impersonal wv/i2 w.d. person, w.g. thing to cause pity in a person (dat); (1) used impersonally w.g. cause; hwám ne mæg earmian swilcre tíde to whom will there not be pity for such a time?; (2) with cause of pity as subject; him earmode þǽre unsǽligan anginn the unhappy woman's enterprise was a cause of pity to him; wv/t2 to pity, commiserate;

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  • erbarmen — Vsw std. (9. Jh.), mhd. (er)barmen, ahd. (ir)barmēn Stammwort. Neben ahd. armēn, as. armon, gt. (ga )arman sich erbarmen , eine Lehnübersetzung zu l. miserēre neben l. miser arm, elend . Die Form mit b beruht offenbar auf einer Präfigierung mit… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

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