Hefige

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hefige

Add: I. with difficulty : :-- Swiðe uneáðe l hefige ðá ðe gestrióne habbas in ríce Godes ingáð quam difficile qui pecunias habent in regnum Dei introibunt, Mk. R. 10, 23. Hefge, Lk. R. 18, 24. II. with slow or reluctant action, under pressure :-- Gástnéd l hefia (néde, R.) fearras spiritus uix discedit, Lk. L. 9, 39. III. grievously, painfully, Ps. Th. 57, 2 (in Dict.). [O. H. Ger. hebigo grave, sublime.] hefige