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earfoþ-síþ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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earfoþ-síþ, earfeþ-síþ, es; m.
A laborious journey, misfortune, calamity; mŏlestum ĭter, infortūnium, calămĭtas
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  • Weorn geferaþ earfoþsíða

    ye travel plenty of laborious journeys,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1355
    • ;
    • An. 678: Cd. 72
    • ;
    • Th. 89,
    • 5;
    • Gen. 1476
    • .
  • Se folc-toga findan sceolde earfoþsíðas

    the nation's leader should find calamities,

    • 208
    • ;
    • Th. 257,
    • 13;
    • Dan. 657: Exon. 88 a
    • ;
    • Th. 330,
    • 30;
    • Vy. 59
    • .
  • Ðú wást ánra gehwylces earfeþsíðas

    thou knowest every man's calamities,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2568
    • ;
    • An. 1285
    • .
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v.  earfeþ-síþ.
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  • earfoþ-síþ, n.