Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary

Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *armijaną Scott K. Shay Wardja Press https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_armijaną

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Íslensk orðsifjabók Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon Reykjavik Orðabók Háskólans 1989 A Handbook of Germanic Etymology Vladimir Orel Brill 2003 The Etymology of the Old High German Weak Verb Christopher Gordon Bailey Newcastle University 1997 erma to pity; regard as unfortunate ierman to make miserable, afflict; ill-treat, harass irman to make miserable, afflict; ill-treat, harass

verb Weak class 1 to make poor, impoverish to make miserable; afflict, oppress From *armaz² + *-(i)janą¹, here forming a deadjectival factitive Weak class 1 verb, literally ‘to make poor or miserable’ Bailey 1997: 151–152 Orel 2003: 24, s.v. *armjanan. Compare Old English ierman, irman and Old Norse erma; the latter sense appears secondary and probably reflects theological influence Magnússon 1989: 156, s.v. erma.