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earfoþe

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earfoþe, adj.
Dele 'Bt. proœm: Fox viii. 7,' and add:
difficult
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  • Earfoðe

    difficilis, earfoðre difficilior, ealra earfoðust (-ost, v. l.) difficillimus,

      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 16, 6.

  • Hé nǽre ná ælmihtig, gyf him ǽnig gefadung earfoðe wǽre,

      Lch. iii. 278, 15.

  • Drihten, nis ðé nán ðing earfoðe,

      Hml. Th. i. 62, 11.

  • Se gewuna gedéþ eáþe þæt ðe ǽr earfoðe þúhte,

      R. Ben. 5, 19.

  • Tó earfoðe þyncan,

      Wlfst. 284, 10.

  • For ðǽm ðe hit swá earfoðe is ǽnegum menn tó witanne hwonne hé geclǽnsod sié

    quia valde difficile est purgatum se quemlibet posse cognoscere,

      Past. 51, 5.

  • Hú hefig and hú earfoþe (gearfoþe,

    v. l.

    ) þis is tó gereccanne,
      Bt. 39, 4; F. 216, 33.

  • Hit is earfoð tó witane,

      Chr. 1050; P. 170, 25.

  • Þæt gástlice angyt is earfoþe tó understandende,

      R. Ben. 66, 19.

  • Ðú mé áhsast micles and earfoþes tó ongitanne,

      Bt. 42; F. 256, 11.

  • Ðis fers is swíðe deóplic eów tó understandenne . . . Seó Godcundnys gefylde þysne earfoðan cwyde ðurh ðá ánnysse Crístes hádes,

      Hml. Th. ii. 386, 20.

  • Earfoðu

    difficilia,

      Kent. Gl. 1093.

  • Wæter and eorþe sint swíþe earfoþe tó geseónne on fýre,

      Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 27: 34, 11; F. 150, 24.
  • Manige óðre þe earfoðe sindon tó áteallene. Chr. 1086; P. 222, 18.

  • Earfeþe,

      P. 218, 21.

  • On þá earfoþestan sprǽce tó gereccenne,

      Bt. 39, 4; F. 216, 15.
laborious, toilsome
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  • Hit bið swíðe geswincful ðæt mon ǽlcne mon scyle onsundrum lǽran, hit is ðeáh earfoðre ealle ætsomne tó lǽranne

    valde laboriosum est unumquemque . . . instruere; longe tamen laboriosius est auditores innumeros uno eodemque tempore instruere,

      Past. 453, 11: 455, 6.

  • Earfeðran

    difficiliore, i. graviore,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 19.

  • Uton niman þone earfoðran weg, þæt wé hér sume hwíle swincon, tó ðý þæt wé écelíce beón bútan geswince,

      Hml. Th. i. 164, 12.
grievous
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  • Micel éhtnys wæs þá þá hí wǽron gemartyrode, ac git cymð earfoðre éhtnys on Anticrístes tó*-*cyme,

      Hml. S. 35, 347.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. arveth. Icel. erfiðr.]
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v.  earfeðe.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “earfoþe.” 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/43406.

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