Talk:erfiður

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EtymologyFrom Proto-Germanic *arbaidiz (“hardship”), from a verb *arƀējō ‘be orphaned’. Cognate with Old Saxon arƀed (Dutch arbeid, Swedish arbete ‘place of work’), Old High German arbeit (German Arbeit ‘work, labour’), Old Norse erfiði, Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃.