ystadeadj.
Beset (with difficulties).
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective] > having difficulty > beset with difficulties
poseletc1390
withstad14..
ystadea1440
mireda1522
hard-set1572
hard-pressed1707
necessitous1711
hard pushed1785
hard-run1834
a1440 Sir Degrev. 1631 He was never so hard y-stade.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online January 2018).
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