misérable

misérable, adj. et n.


1. adj.a. (pauvre, indigent) þearfende/þorfendeþearfendlic.

b. (malheureux, pitoyable) dim(m) > a.m. dim, v.n. dimmr, v.h.a. timbar, v.fr. dim ♦ earmsceapen lȳtel > a.m. little, got. leitils, v.n. lítill, v.h.a. luzzil ♦ unlǣd(e) wansǣligyfel(l)ic.

c. (lugubre) blēat, v.n. blautr, v.h.a. blōz > all.m. bloss, v.fr. blat ♦ deorc > a.m. dark ♦ earmful earmlichnāg/hnāh, got. hnaiws ♦ sāriglic unglæd/unglad, v.n. óglaðr ♦ unglædlic unhīerlic, v.h.a. unhiurlīcha ♦ wynlēas.

d. (médiocre, minable) earmlicgew(e)alden (h)lȳþre uncȳme wāc/wēce > a.m. weak, v.n. veikr, v.h.a. weih > all.m. weich, v.s. wēk ♦ wāclic > a.m. weakly. (VÊTEMENTS) lȳþerlic. (VIE) nearu/nearo (wa/wō) > a.m. narrow, v.s. naru.

e. (infâme, ignoble) weargberendewiþerhycgende. (sordide) (h)lȳþre.

2. n. (scélérat) dēofol/dēoful/dīoful/dīobul/dīabul/dīowl/dēohl (m. et nt. a) > a.m. devil, got. diab(a)ulus (m. u), v.n. djǫfull, v.h.a. tiufal (m. a) > all.m. Teufel, v.s. diuƀal/diobol/diabol/diuvil (m.), v.fr. di(o)vel (m.) ♦ folcsceaþa (m. an) ♦ nīþing (m. a) ♦ sc(e)and (m.) ♦ unrihtwillend (m. nd) ♦ wræcca/wrecca > a.m. wretch, v.h.a. (w)recch(e)o > all.m. Recke {m. an}, v.s. wrekkio. (DIABLE, DÉMON, SATAN) wræcmæcg (m. ja) ♦ wræcmæcga (m. an).