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hefig-tíme

  • adjective
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hefig-tíme, -týme; adj.
Grievous, wearisome, tedious, troublesome
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  • Hefigtýme leahter is ungefóh fyrwitnys

    immoderate curiosity is a troublesome vice,

    • Homli. Th. ii. 374, 2.
  • Gif hit is hefigtýme on ðyssere worulde hit becymþ tó micelre méde on ðære tóweardan

    if it is productive of trouble in this world, it attains to a great reward in that which is to come,

    • i. 56, 4
    • :
    • Ælfc. Gen. Thw. p. 1, 6.
  • Ne þince ðé tó hefitýme tó gehýrenne míne sprǽce

    do not let it seem too tedious to thee to hear my speech,

    • Basil admn. 7; Norm. 48, 12.
  • Se hefigtíma cwide ðe se wítega gecwæþ be sumum leódscipe

    the grievous sentence that the prophet declared concerning a certain nation,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 73, 543.
  • Ða wudewan fram hefigtímum heáfodece gehǽlde

    healed the widow of a wearisome headache,

    • Homl. Th. i. 418, 22.
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v.  hefe-tíme.
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