earfoþnes
- noun [ feminine ]
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God ealle þing gediht búton earfoþnysse
God regulates all things without difficulty,
- Bd. de nat. rerum ;
- Wrt. popl. science 19, 5;
- Lchdm. iii. 278, 13.
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Wið wífa earfoþnyssum [-nessum MS. B.]
for the difficulties of women,
- Med. ex Quadr. 2, 7;
- Lchdm. i. 334, 18.
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He geheóld his ríce mid myclum geswince and earfoþnessum [-nyssum,
- Th. 278, 40, col. 2 ;
- -nissum, 279, 41, col. 1
he held his kingdom with much labour and hardships,
- Chr. 1016 ;
- Th. 278, 41, col. 1 .
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Bútan micelre earfoþnysse
without much tribulation,
- Homl. Th. i. 476, 13: Boutr. Scrd. 20, 35.
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Bútan earfoþnyssum
without tribulations,
- Homl. Th. i. 476, 11.
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Mihte we ðý éþ geþolian swá hwæt earfoþnessa swá us on becóme
we might the more easily bear whatsoever misfortunes come upon us,
- Bt. 10 ;
- Fox 30, 12.
Bosworth, Joseph. “earfoþnes.” 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/8627.
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