armth

English

Alternative forms

• armthe, ermth, earmth

Etymology

From Middle English armthe, earmthe, from Old English iermþu, from Proto-West Germanic *armiþu (“poverty”), from *arm (“poor, arm”). Equivalent to arm (“poor”) +‎ -th.

Noun

armth (uncountable)

1. (UK dialectal or obsolete) Poverty; want; wretchedness; misery; calamity.

Related terms

• arm
• erm

Anagrams

• Marth, tharm