, earfoþ;
adj. Hard, difficult, troublesome; diffĭcĭlis, mŏlestus :--
Nis me earfeðe to geþolianne willan Dryhtnes mínes
it is not hard for me to endure the will of my Lord, Exon. 48 a; Th. 166, 6; Gú. 1038. Ða bísgu us sint swíðe earfoþ
the occupations are to us very difficult. Bt. proœm; Fox viii. 7. Earfoðest
most difficult, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 15. [
Orm. arrfeþþ
difficult.]