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† ˈarveth, a. Obs.
Forms: 1 earfeðe, -oðe, 2 erfeð, ærveð, 2–3 erveð, arveð, 3 (Orm.) arrfeþþ, earfð.
[OE. earfeðe, earfoðe, cogn. w. ON. erfiðr; cf. OE. earfeðe n. n., cogn. w. ON. erfiði, erviði, OS. arƀêdi n., arƀêd f., OFris. arbeid, OHG. arabeit, mod.G. arbeit labour, toil, Goth. arbaiþs.]
Difficult, hard.
c885K. ælfred Boeth. xxxix. §4 Spræce..ða earfoþestan to ᵹereccenne. c1000ælfric Man. Astron. 19 Ne nære na ælmihtiᵹ, ᵹyf him æniᵹ ᵹefadung earfoðe wære. c1175Cott. Hom. 231 His folc was swiðe ærfeð-telle. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 185 Þat fiht was and is arueð to þolien. c1200Ormin 17334 Forrþi wass himm full arrfeþþ ȝet To sen whatt gate he mihhte Ben borenn efft off Haliȝ Gast. c1220Leg. St. Kath. 999 Earfð to don. c1230Ancr. R. 254 An honful ȝerden beoð erueð forte breken. |