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earfoðe

  • noun [ neuter ]
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earfoðe, es; pl. nom. acc. a, u, o, e; n. [A feminine earfoþu; gen. e, a, or indecl. seems to occur in the following
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  • Hú ne witon wé ꝥ nán nearewnes, ne nán earfoþu, ne nán unrótnes, ne nán sár, ne nán hefignes nis nán gesǽlð,

      Bt. 24, 4; F. 86, 21.

  • Is him óðer earfeðu . . ., ꝥ hí scoma mǽste dreógað,

      Cri. 1273.

  • Þæt his earfeðu eal gelumpe, módcearu mǽgum,

      Gú. 165.

  • Orsorg ðises andweardan lífes earfoþe (-a,

    v. l.

    ),
      Bt. 39, 7; F. 222, 31.

  • Þæt him Dryhten tó hyra earfeða ende gerýme,

      Gú. 196.

  • Ic merestrengo máran áhte, earfeðo on ýþum,

      B. 534.

  • Nele hé þá earfeþu (

    or pl.?

    ) habban, þæt hé on þysne síð fare,
      Gen. 513.
    ]
tribulation, affliction, trouble
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  • Him ne wæs nǽnig earfoþe ꝥ líchomlice gedál,

      Bl. H. 135, 30.

  • Ꝥ þú mid earefoþe sum eofel ne geféldest,

      Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 19.

  • Manifeald earfoþe (-u.

    v. l.

    ) þrowian,
      39, 10; F. 228, 15.

  • Monige earfoþa ús becuman sceoldan,

      Bl. H. 85, 35.

  • Mistlice wíta (-u,

    v. l.) and manigfealde earfoþa (manigfeald earfoþu, v. l. )

    cumaþ,
      Bt. 39, 2; F. 212, 28.

  • Þæt synt þás andweardan earfoþa,

      Ps. Th. 31, 7.

  • Mé synt earfoðu swýðe néh

    tribulatio proxima est,

      21, 9.

  • Mé on dæge deorc earfoðe cnyssedan

    in die tribulationis,

      85, 6.

  • Orsorg ðises lífes earfoþa,

      Bt. 39, 7; F. 222, 31.

  • Wépan míne wræcsíðas, earfoða fela,

      Kl. 39.

  • Þæt sý endeleás earfoða dǽl,

      Deór. 30.

  • Sumum eádwelan, sumum earfeða dǽl,

      Vy. 67: Wand. 6: Jul. 626: Gú. 178.

  • On hwylcum earfoþum þǽr wé úres feóres ne wénaþ,

      Bl. H. 51, 28.

  • Efen*-*þrowgende óþres earfoþum,

      75, 19.

  • Of earfoðum eallum

    ex omni tribulatione,

      Ps. Th. 53, 7: 59, 10.

  • Of ðám earfoðum eallum

    de necessitatibus,

      106, 12.

  • Earfeðum,

      Men. 224.

  • Ꝥ hé him tó earfeðum cwóme

    that he came to trouble them,

      Gú. 403.
  • Wið earfeðum gescildan, 428.

  • Sume him ondrǽdaþ earfoþu . . ., ðeáh hí hí eáþe ádreógan mægen,

      Bt. 39, 11; F. 228, 26: Sal. 374.

  • Earfoða,

      Deór. 2.

  • Earfeðu,

      Cri. 1172.

  • Tó þé ástígan þurh ðás earfoþu þisse worulde,

      Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 28: Met. 20, 254.

  • Gemunan eal þá earfeðu,

      Cri. 1202.

  • Eall þá earfeðo,

      An. 1488.

  • His earfoðo ealle,

      Sat. 127.

  • Hí ne magon nán earfoþa (-u,

    v. l.

    ) áberan,
      Bt. 39, 10; F. 228, 2.

  • Ðe ðú him earfoðu ǽnig geáfe

    quem percussisti,

      Ps. Th. 68, 27.

  • Ic wíte þolade, yfel earfeðu,

      Cri. 1453.

  • Gearfoðu,

      Bt. 31, 1; F. 110, 26.
labour, pains, trouble of laborious work
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  • Naenge earbeðe

    nullo negotio,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 7.

  • Þæt hí ágon on ágenan hwílan mid earfeðan gewunnen,

      Wlfst. 159, 19.

  • Bútan earfeðum

    easily,

      Jul. 359: Gú. 216: El. 1292.
bodily pain, labour of childbirth,
disease, hardship
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  • Sió áheardung is on twá wísan gerád. Óþer biþ on fruman ǽr þon þe ǽnig óþer earfeþe on lifre becume; óþeru æfter óþrum earfeþum þǽre lifre cymð,

      Lch. ii. 204, 5-8.

  • Hé (

    Adam

    ) sár ne wiste, earfoða dǽl, ne cóm blód of benne,
      Gen. 180.

  • Weorc þrowade, earfoða dǽl,

      Rä. 71, 13.

  • Þirst and hungor . . . ǽghwylc þissa earfoða éce standeð,

      Sal. 474.
  • Hé cleopigan ongan, méðe and meteleás: 'Ic eów hálsie þæt gé mé of þyssum earfeðum úp forlǽten,' El. 700.

  • Sceal mon blód lǽtan; þá þe ꝥ ne dóþ on micel[um] earfeþum becumað,

      Lch. ii. 210, 12.

  • Wíf ácenþ bearn and þrowaþ micel earfoþu æfter þám ðe heó ǽr micelne lust þurhteáh,

      Bt. 31, 1; F. 112, 2.
work, labour
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  • Geseón on him selfum synne genóge, atol earfoða ǽrgedénra,

      Cri. 1266.
what is difficult, the difficult v. next word
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  • Þám synfullum þinceð þæt nán wiht ne sý þæs hátes ne þæs cealdes . . ., ne þæs eáðes ne þæs ear*-*foðes, ne þæs leófes ne þæs láðes, þæt hig mihte fram úres Drihtnes lufan ásceáden,

      Wlfst. 185, 1.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “earfoðe.” 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/43405.

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