Ge-winful

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-winful

Add: I. laborious, troublesome. II. 2:--Þám bróþrum wæs swýðe gewinnful and uneáðe niþer tó ástígenne tó þám wæterseáðe valde erat fratribus laboriosum ad lacum descendere,Gr. D. 112, 17. Ic wolde ꝥ hyra lǽs wǽre gewinfulra utinam minus fuissent laboriosa, Nar. 2, 29. Hí ne mihton swá gewinnfullicum (gewinesfullicum, v. l.) fyrdum (tam laboriosis expeditionibus) swencte beón, Bd. 1, 12; Sch. 33, 17. II. full of trouble. v. ge-win; II. 4:--Þis líf is lǽnlic and hit is gewinful, Ll. Th. ii. 400, 15. ge-winful

Related words: ge-win;