Earfoþ-síþ

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - earfoþ-síþ

According to the Old English Dictionary:

earfeþ-síþ, es;

earfoþ-síþ
m. A laborious journey, misfortune, calamity; mŏlestum ĭter, infortūnium, calămĭtas :-- Weorn geferaþ earfoþsíða ye travel plenty of laborious journeys, Andr. Kmbl. 1355; An. 678: Cd. 72; Th. 89, 5; Gen. 1476. Se folc-toga findan sceolde earfoþsíðas the nation's leader should find calamities, 208; Th. 257, 13; Dan. 657: Exon. 88 a; Th. 330, 30; Vy. 59. Ðú wást ánra gehwylces earfeþsíðas thou knowest every man's calamities, Andr. Kmbl. 2568; An. 1285. earfoþ-siþ
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