v. Obs. [OE. yrman, ięrman (Anglian *ęrman), f. earm miserable.] a. trans. To make miserable, grieve, harass, vex. b. intr. for refl. To grieve, be sorry.
c. 897. K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past., xvii. 121. Ic mæʓ slean and ierman mine [h]eafodʓemæccan.
a. 1000. Boeth. Metr., ix. 45. He [Nero] hæfde him to gamene … hu he eorþcyningas yrmde and cwelmde.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Pard. Prol., 26. But weel I wot thou dost myn herte erme.
1481. Caxton, Reynard (Arb.), 48. Thenne departed he fro the kynge so heuyly, that many of them ermed.
Hence Erming vbl. sb., grieving, sadness.
c. 1300. K. Alis., 1525. Theo bysschop weop for ermyng.
