Earfoþ-dǽde
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - earfoþ-dǽde
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- earfoþ-dǽde
- adj. Hard to do, difficult:--Hit is ðeáh swíðe earfeð-dǽde (earfoð-, ) ðæt mon lustlíce ðone láreów gehiéran wille ðe mon ne lufað difficile est, ut quamlibet recta denuntians praedicator, qui non diligitur, libenter audiatur, Past. 147, 12. Cf. íþ-dǽde. earfoþ-dæde