Obs. Forms: see YOMER a.; also 5 ȝamyrly, ȝamerly (but cf. YAMMER v.). [OE. ʓeómorlíce, f. ʓeómor YOMER a. + -líce -LY2. Cf. OHG. jâmarlîcho.] Sorrowfully, dolefully.

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a. 1000.  Sal. & Sat., 267. Se fuʓol … ʓilleð ʓeomorlice.

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c. 1200.  Trin. Coll. Hom., 35. His ofspring al þrowude on synne … and ȝemerliche pineden.

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13[?].  Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 1453. He hurtez of þe houndez, & þay Ful ȝomerly ȝaule & ȝelle.

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c. 1400.  Anturs Arth., vii. Ȝauland ful ȝamerly, with many loude ȝelles.

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