"arm" meaning in Middle English

See arm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Old English earm (“poor, wretched”), from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *erm- (“poor, ill”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|earm||poor, wretched}} Old English earm (“poor, wretched”), {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*arm}} Proto-West Germanic *arm, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*armaz||poor}} Proto-Germanic *armaz (“poor”), {{der|enm|ine-pro|*erm-||poor, ill}} Proto-Indo-European *erm- (“poor, ill”) Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} arm, {{enm-adj}} arm
  1. poor
    Sense id: en-arm-enm-adj-enm:poor
  2. miserable, wretched
    Sense id: en-arm-enm-adj-yts6wOjr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: arms [plural]
Etymology: From Old English earm (“arm”), from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”), from Proto-Indo-European *arəm- (“arm”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|earm||arm}} Old English earm (“arm”), {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*arm}} Proto-West Germanic *arm, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*armaz||arm}} Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”), {{der|enm|ine-pro|*arəm-||arm}} Proto-Indo-European *arəm- (“arm”) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} arm, {{enm-noun}} arm (plural arms)
  1. arm Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: arum, harm, erm, herm
    Sense id: en-arm-enm-noun-enm:arm Disambiguation of Anatomy: 16 15 70 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 12 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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