v. Obs. Forms: 1 amyrr-an, 1–2 amerr-an, 2–5 amerr-e(n, 3–5 amer, 3–5 amærr-e, amarr-e. [f. A- pref. 1 intens. + MAR, OE. merr-an, myrr-an, to spoil, destroy.] To destroy, spoil, mar, squander; hurt, injure.
c. 885. K. Ælfred, Boeth., xxxii. § 1. Ðæs andwearða wela amerþ and læt ða men.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Luke xv. 14. Ða he hiʓ herde ealle amyrrede.
c. 1160. Hatton G., ibid, Ða he hyo hæfde ealle amerde.
1205. Layam., 19469. Ne mihte heo … mid hare strengðe; þene wal amærre.
1399. Langl., Rich. Redeless, Prol. 15. Thus tales me troblid … And amarride my mynde.
a. 1400. Octouian, 1307. He ran with a drawe swerde … And all hys goddys ther he amerrede.
c. 1440. Gesta Rom. (1879), 253. Not a litle mevid, & amarryd in mynde.
