armth

English

Alternative forms

  • armthe, ermth, earmth

Etymology

From Middle English armthe, earmthe, from Old English iermþu, iermþ, from Proto-Germanic *armiþō (“poverty”), from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“poor, arm”). Equivalent to arm (“poor”) +‎ -th.

Cognate with Dutch armoede (“poverty”), German Armut (“poverty”), Swedish armod (“poverty”).

Noun

armth (uncountable)

  1. (Britain dialectal or obsolete) Poverty; want; wretchedness; misery; calamity.

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