armth

English

Alternative forms

  • armthe, ermth, earmth

Etymology

From Middle English armthe, earmthe, from Old English iermþu, from Proto-West Germanic *armiþu (“poverty”), from *arm (“poor, arm”). Equivalent to arm (“poor”) +‎ -th (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

armth (uncountable)

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

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