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ge-deorf

  • noun [ neuter ]
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labour, toil, work
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  • Gif gedeorf (labor) oðþe sumer-hǽte hwylces eácan (

    an increase of food)

    behófige,
      R. Ben. 64, 17.
  • Of folclicum gedeorfe

    ex plebeio labore,

      138, 22.
  • On sceortum gedeorfe

    labore breui,

      Wülck. Gl. 256, 27.
  • Woldon hremmas hine bereáfian æt his gedeorfum . . . Ðá hremmas flugon . . . , and se hálga his geswinces breác,

      Hml. Th. ii. 144, 13-20.
trouble, laborious effort, difficulty
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  • 'Micel gedeorf bið mé þæt ic míne feónd lufige.' Ne wiðcweðe wé þæt hit micel gedeorf ne sý; ac gif hit is hefigtýme . . . ,

      Hml. Th. i. 56, 1-4.
  • Þæt hý þe glædlícor bútan gedeorfe and miclum geswince heora gebróðrum ðénien

    ut sine murmuratione et graui labore seruiant fratribus suis,

      R. Ben. 59, 15.
  • Epactas . . . bútan gedeorfe wé magon gecýðan heora úpspring,

      Lch. iii. 282, 3.
trouble, tribulation, affliction
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  • On gedeorfe

    in tribulatione, Ps.

      L. 4, 2.
  • Gedeorf mín

    laborem meum,

      24, 18.
  • Gedeorfu heortan mínre

    tribulationes cordis mei,

      Ps. Rdr. 24, 17.
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  • ge-deorf, n.