earming

Old English

Alternative forms

• erming, yrming

Etymology

From earm +‎ -ing. Cognate with Old High German arming, Old Norse armingi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑr.minɡ/, [ˈæ͜ɑrˠ.miŋɡ]

Noun

earming m

2. a wretched or miserable being or person

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	earming	earmingas
accusative	earming	earmingas
genitive	earminges	earminga
dative	earminge	earmingum

Related terms

• earm

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “earming”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.