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earfoþ-líce

  • adverb
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earfoþ-líce, adv.
With difficulty, reluctantly, sorely, hardly; diffĭcĭle, invīte, ægre
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  • Earfoþlíce wæs gúþ getwǽfed

    the contest had been parted with difficulty,

    • Beo. Th. 3318
    • ;
    • B. 1657: 3276
    • ;
    • B. 1636: Mk. Bos. 10,
    • 23.
  • Se ellen-gǽst earfoþlíce þrage geþolode

    the potent ghost reluctantly endured for a time,

    • Beo. Th. 173
    • ;
    • B. 86: Exon. 98 a
    • ;
    • Th. 369,
    • 8;
    • Seel. 38
    • .
  • Ðá wæs gegongen earfoþlíce

    then it befel sorely,

    • Beo. Th. 5636
    • ;
    • B. 2822: Andr. Kmbl. 1028
    • ;
    • An. 514
    • .
  • Hí óþ-eódon earfoþlíce

    they hardly escaped,

    • Beo. Th. 5861
    • ;
    • B. 2934
    • .
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