a. Obs. Forms: 1 earmlíc, 2 ermlic, 3 ærm-, armlich. [f. ARM a. + -lich:—OE. -líc: see -LY1.] Miserable, pitiable.
a. 1000. Boeth. Metr., xix. 28. Ðæt is earmlicost ealra þinga.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 115. Þenne bið hit ermlic, ȝif he bið unrihtwis.
c. 1205. Lay., 593. His broþer wes in armliche benden. Ibid., 20756. He andswarede wið ærmliche stefene.
