, earfoþ, es; pl. nom. acc. u, o, a; n. Hardship, labour, difficulty, trouble, suffering, woe; lăbor, mŏlestia, tribŭlātio :-- Ic ðæt earfeðe wonn I suffered the hardship, Exon. 28 b; Th. 87, 21; Cri. 1428. Earfoðes feala tribulātiōnis multum, Ps. Th. 70, 19. Earfoðu, 21, 9: 24, 15 : 68, 27. Ðe ða earfeða dreógeþ who suffers those afflictions, Exon. 52 b; Th. 183, 18; Gú. 1329. Earfeðum, Ps. Th. 106, 5, 27. Earfoða dǽl a deal of sufferings, Cd. 9; Th. 12, 4; Gen. 180. [Plat. arbeed, f; Hel. araƀéd, arƀed, f; araƀédi, arƀédi, n: O. Sax. arbeit, f; arbeithi, arbeidi, arvit, n: Frs. aerbeyde: O. Frs. arbeid, arbed, n: Dut. arbeid, m; Ger. arbeit, f: M. H. Ger. arbeit, arebeit, f: O. H. Ger. arabeit, arbeit, f: Goth. arbaiþs, f; Dan. arbeid, arbeide, n: Swed. arbete, n: Icel. erfiði, erviði, n. toil, labour, distress.] DER. firen*-*earfeðe, -earfoþ, ge-, mægen-, mód-, woruld-.