hefig-tíme
- adjective
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Hefigtýme leahter is ungefóh fyrwitnys
immoderate curiosity is a troublesome vice,
- Homli. Th. ii. 374, 2.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ða wudewan fram hefigtímum heáfodece gehǽlde
healed the widow of a wearisome headache,
- Homl. Th. i. 418, 22.
Bosworth, Joseph. “hefig-tíme.” 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/18595.
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