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earfoþ-hylde

  • adjective
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Substitute: earfoþ-hilde; adj. Hard to incline, that does not readily relinquish old habits
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  • Sé ðe on muneclicere drohtnunge earfoðhylde bið, and gyrnð ðǽra ðinga ðe hé on woruldlicere drohtnunge næfde, him geneálǽhð se hreófla Giezi,

      Hml. Th. i. 400, 1.
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  • earfoþ-hylde, adj.