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to lead astray, misguide,
in a physical sense
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  • Se yrðlincg ámyrð his furuh (

    will not make a straight furrow

    ) gif hé lócað tó lange underbæc,
      Hml. S. 16, 180.
in a moral sense
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  • Irre oft ámirreð monnes mód, ðæt hé ne mæg ðæt riht tócnáwan,

      Prov. K. 28. '
    Hwí ámyrdest ðú mínne bróðor mid þínum drýcræfte?' 'Ne ámyrde ic hine, ac ic hine áwende fram hǽðenum gylde tó Gode,' Hml. Th. i. 468, 12-15.

  • Hé mid his drýcræfte ðæs folces geleáfan ámyrde,

      372, 3.

  • Þá diófla hí ámirdon, ꝥ hié ne cúþan angitan þæt hit Godes wracu wæs,

      Ors. 4, 4; S. 162, 26.

  • Hí mid heora gedwolsprǽce eall folc ámyrdon,

      Hml. S. 23, 369.

  • Hwí woldest ðú ámyrran mín sunu, and tó Críste gewéman?,

      4, 198.

  • Swá hwá swá nylle ꝥ hine ǽnig mon oððe ǽnig ðing mage ámerran

    quisquis cupit nullis devis falli,

      Bt. 35, 1; F. 154, 21.
to hinder, prevent right course or
action,
of persons
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  • Wyrð ðæt mód ámierred from ðǽre incundan hreówe

    mens ab intentione poenitentiae suspenditur,

      Past. 415, 36.
of acts
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  • Hé ongan mid hlúdum stefnum tóslítan and ámyrran (

    interrumpere

    ) þára bróðra sangas,
      Gr. D. 324, 23.
to injure, mar
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  • Gif oxa wiel oððe wylne ámyrð

    si servum ancillamque invaserit,

      Ex. 21, 32.

  • Mé hæfde þiós unrótnes ámerredne ꝥ ic hit hæfde mid ealle forgiten

    ob injuriae dolorem nuper oblita,

      Bt. 36, 1; F. 172, 3.
to waste, use to no purpose
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  • Ic nát hú nyt ic þá hwíle beó þe ic þás word sprece, bútan ðæt ic mín geswinc ámirre,

      Ors. 4, 13; S. 212, 27.

  • On ðǽre gǽlinge þe hé þá hwíle ámirð (-mierreð,

    v. l.

    ),
      Past. 38, 1.
to destroy, lay waste
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  • Ðú ofslihst ús and ámyrst,

      Hml. S. 25, 131.

  • Gif hwilc wíf hyre cild ámyrð (

    perdiderit

    ) innan hire,
      Ll. Th. ii. 182, 24.

  • Hí ǽhta forspillað and eard ámirrað,

      Wlfst. 133, 11.

  • Se deófol ealle his (

    Job's

    ) ǽhta ámyrde,
      Hml. Th. i. 472, 29.

  • Wíngearðas hí fordydon and burga forbærndon and swíðe þet land ámyrdon,

      Chr. 1073; P. 209, 9.

  • Ne ámyr þú sáwle míne

    ne perdas animam meam,

      Ps. L. 25, 9: Hml. S. 35, 148.

  • Ꝥ folc tó ámierrenne

    ad populandos agros,

      Ors. 3, 10; S. 138, 8.

  • Him wæs láð tó ámyrrene his ágenne folgað,

      Chr. 1048; P. 173, 13.
to lose
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  • Hwílon befeóll án síðe of ðám snǽde intó ánum seáðe. Benedictus wolde gefréfrian ðone wyrhtan ðe þæt tól ámyrde (cf. forlorenum þám írene

    ferro perdito,

      Gr. D. 114, 2:
    both passages describe the same incident), Hml. Th. ii. 162, 12.
Etymology
[O. Sax. á-merrian.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-mirran.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/38544.

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