Mægen-earfeþe

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

mægen-earfeþe

es; n. A great labour or hardship:--Nales fore lytlum geómre, ac fore ðám mǽstum mægenearfeþum, Exon. 22 a; Th. 60, 4; Cri. 964. Mægenearfeþu, sár and swár gewin and sweartne deáþ, 28b; Th. 86, 20; Cri. 1411. mægen-earfeþe