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earfoþ-líce

  • adverb
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with difficulty, hardly
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  • Earfedlíce (erabed*-*lícae, Erf.)

    egre,

      Txts. 59, 729.
  • Earfoðlíce, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 15: 142, 71:

    difficulter,

      Wülck. Gl. 251, 42.
  • Earfoþlí[ce]

    quoquomodo,

      An. Ox. 56, 151.
  • Ðone þurst wé earfoðlíce (

    vix

    ) ábǽron,
      Nar. 7, 30: Homl. Th. i. 86, 8, 14.
  • Se eorl earfoðlíce gestylde ꝥ folc, Chr. 1052; P. 180, 10: 1075; P. 209, 38. ¶ used instead of a complementary adjective :-- Gif eów ǽnig þing þince earfoðlíce

    si difficile vobis visum aliquid fuerit,

      Deut. 1, 17.
  • Earfoþlíce

    difficile (est ),

      Scint. 33, 4.
grievously, painfully
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  • Earfoþlíce

    graviter, dolenter,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 71.
  • Þá gelomp ús þæt wé wurdon earfoðlíce mid þurste geswencte

    accidit nobis siti laborare,

      Nar. 7, 29.
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[v. N. E. D. arvethliche. Icel. erfið-liga.]
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  • earfoþ-líce, adv.