Noun: earfoþe
Gender: n
Nominative
| Singular | earfoþe |
| Plural | earfoþu |
Genitive
| Singular | earfoþes |
| Plural | earfoþa |
Dative
| Singular | earfoþe |
| Plural | earfoþum |
Accusative
| Singular | earfoþe |
| Plural | earfoþu |
Sample Sentences
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Swā cwæð eardstapa, · earfeþa ġemyndiġ,
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wrāþra wælsleahta, · winemǣga hryre: (So said an earth-stepper, mindful of hardships,
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of wrathful slaughters, of kinsmen fall:) [10th century, The Wanderer:]
Nouns inflected like earfoþe
earfeþe,
earfoþe,
dyrne,
lynde,
mirce,
myrce,
iorre,
ierre,
ierfe,
spere,
andefne,
missere,
dierne,
fiþere,
flyhte,
grynde,
innelfe,
innylfe,
æfgrynde,
hielfe, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *arbaiþi, from Proto-Germanic *arbaidiz (“hardship”), from a verb *arbijaną, *arbāną (“be orphaned”).
2. Compare Old English ierfa. See also Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos, whence Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós), Latin orbus, Old Church Slavonic рабъ (rabŭ, “slave”). Cognate with Old Frisian arbēd, Old Saxon arƀed, arvēd, Old Dutch arbeit (Dutch arbeid), Old High German arbeit (German Arbeit (“work, labour”)), Old Norse erfiði (Swedish arvode (“salary”)), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (arbaiþs). See: Old English Nouns '
ierfa', Latin Nouns '
orbus', Dutch Nouns '
arbeid', German Nouns '
Arbeit', Old Norse Nouns '
erfiði', Swedish Nouns '
arvode', Gothic Nouns '
𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃'.
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