Earm-heort
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - earm-heort
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- earm-heort
- Substitute: I. poor-spirited, faint-hearted:--On óðre wísan sint tó monianne ðá ofermódan and ðá úpáhæfenan on hira móde, on óðre wísan ðá earmheortan and ðá wácmódan (pusillanimes), Past. 209, 2. II. pitiful, tender-hearted:--Hé wæs tó þám earmheort (swá mildheort, ) ꝥ him ofhreów ꝥ ástépede wíf, gif hé ne gehulpe hire dreórinysse, Gr. D. 18, 13. [Cf. Mildhertnesse is nemned ec arm-hertnesse. Armheorted is þe man þe reoweð his sinne and milce bit, O E. Hml. ii. 95, 29. Goth. arma-hairts misericors: O. H. Ger. arm-herz misericors.] earm-heort