▪ I. † ˈyomer, ˈȝomer, a. Obs.
Forms: 1 ᵹeomor, 3 ȝeo(u)mer, ȝimer, 3–4 ȝomer, Kentish ȝemer, yemer.
[OE. ᵹeómor = OS., OHG. jâmar. A neut. n. is represented by OFris. iâmer, OHG. jâmar, also âmar, MHG. jâmer (G. jammer) sorrowful desire. (ME. yēmer may partly reflect OE. ᵹéamrung, ᵹémrung of Vesp. Psalter.)]
Sorrowful, wretched; grievous, doleful.
| Beowulf 49 Him wæs ᵹeomor sefa. a 1000 Husband's Message 22 (Gr.) Siððan ðu ᵹehyrde on hliþes oran galan ᵹeomorne ᵹeac on bearwe. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 169 Þe he þolede þe ȝimere pine he makede ane reuliche meninge. c 1205 Lay. 16566 Þer wes þa Hengest cnihten alre ȝeomerest. a 1225 Leg. Kath. 1831 Twa hundret cnihtes,..þat ȝeuen anan up hare ȝeomere bileaue. c 1250 Kent. Serm. in O.E. Misc. 30 Þo..þet þurch yemere werkes oþer þurch yemer i-wil liesed þo blisce of heuene. 1340 Ayenb. 215 Þer me ssel..do al out alle seculere niedes, yemere þoȝtes, and þenche an his sseppere. |
Hence † ˈyomerness Obs., wretchedness, misery.
| c 1250 Kent. Serm. in O.E. Misc. 28 Þo gode werkes þet is biter to þo yemernesse of ure flesce. |
▪ II. † ˈyomer, ˈȝomer, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 ᵹeom(e)rian, 2–3 ȝeomer, 3 ȝeoumer, 5 ȝomer, yomer.
[OE. ᵹeómrian, f. ᵹeómor: see prec. Cf. OHG. jâmarôn, MHG. jâmern, and yammer v.]
intr. To murmur, complain; to lament, mourn. Hence † yomering vbl. n.
| Beowulf 1118 Earme on eaxle ides gnornode, ᵹeomrode ᵹiddum. 971 Blickl. Hom. 113 For þære ᵹeomrunga þæs oþres deaþes. c 1000 in Lat. Hymns A.-S. Ch. (Surtees No. 23) 21 Bena ᵹeomriᵹende we asendaþ. c 1205 Lay. 23492 Gullen þa helmes ȝeoumereden eorles. c 1230 Hali Meid. 35 Þat unrotes uuel, þat pine upo pine, þat wondrende ȝeomerunge. c 1400 Destr. Troy 1722 The Grekes..vs to grefe broght,..And to yow & also yours ȝomeryng for euer. c 1400 [see yawl v.1 1 a]. |