† arvethadj.

Forms: Old English earfeðe, -oðe, Middle English erfeð, ærveð, Middle English erveð, arveð, Middle English ( Orm.) arrfeþþ, earfð.

Etymology: Old English earfeðe, earfoðe, cognate with Old Norse erfiðr; compare Old English earfeðe n. n., cognate with Old Norse erfiði, erviði, Old Saxon arƀêdi n., arƀêd (feminine), Old Frisian arbeid, Old High German arabeit, modern German arbeit labour, toil, Gothic arbaiþs.

Obsolete.

Difficult, hard.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective]

arvethc885

uneathOE

arvethlichc1000

evilc1175

hardc1175

deara1225

derfa1225

illc1330

wickeda1375

uneasy1398

difficul?a1450

difficile?1473

difficulta1527

unready1535

craggy1582

spiny1604

tough1619

uphill1622

shrewda1626

spinousa1638

scabrous1646

spinose1660

rugged1663

cranka1745

tight1764

thraward1818

nasty1828

upstream1847

awkward1860

pricklyc1862

bristling1871

sticky1871

rocky1873

dodgy1898

challengeful1927

solid1943

ball-busting1944

challenging1975

c885 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxix. §4 Spræce..ða earfoþestan to gereccenne.

c1000 Ælfric Man. Astron. 19 Ne nære na ælmihtig, gyf him ænig gefadung earfoðe wære.

c1175 Cott. Hom. 231 His folc was swiðe ærfeð-telle.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17334 Forr þi wass himm full arrfeþþ ȝet. To sen whatt gate he mihhte. Ben borenn efft off haliȝ gast.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 185 Þat fiht was and is arueð to þolien.

c1220 Legend St. Katherine 999 Earfð to don.

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 129 An hondful of ȝerden beoð earueð to breoken.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	arveth
释义	† arvethadj. Forms: Old English earfeðe, -oðe, Middle English erfeð, ærveð, Middle English erveð, arveð, Middle English ( Orm.) arrfeþþ, earfð. Etymology: Old English earfeðe, earfoðe, cognate with Old Norse erfiðr; compare Old English earfeðe n. n., cognate with Old Norse erfiði, erviði, Old Saxon arƀêdi n., arƀêd (feminine), Old Frisian arbeid, Old High German arabeit, modern German arbeit labour, toil, Gothic arbaiþs. Obsolete. Difficult, hard. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective] arvethc885 uneathOE arvethlichc1000 evilc1175 hardc1175 deara1225 derfa1225 illc1330 wickeda1375 uneasy1398 difficul?a1450 difficile?1473 difficulta1527 unready1535 craggy1582 spiny1604 tough1619 uphill1622 shrewda1626 spinousa1638 scabrous1646 spinose1660 rugged1663 cranka1745 tight1764 thraward1818 nasty1828 upstream1847 awkward1860 pricklyc1862 bristling1871 sticky1871 rocky1873 dodgy1898 challengeful1927 solid1943 ball-busting1944 challenging1975 c885 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxix. §4 Spræce..ða earfoþestan to gereccenne. c1000 Ælfric Man. Astron. 19 Ne nære na ælmihtig, gyf him ænig gefadung earfoðe wære. c1175 Cott. Hom. 231 His folc was swiðe ærfeð-telle. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17334 Forr þi wass himm full arrfeþþ ȝet. To sen whatt gate he mihhte. Ben borenn efft off haliȝ gast. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 185 Þat fiht was and is arueð to þolien. c1220 Legend St. Katherine 999 Earfð to don. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 129 An hondful of ȝerden beoð earueð to breoken. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.c885
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