† sharpshipn.
Obsolete. rare.
Hardship, rigour.
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hardeOE
grief?c1225
nowcinc1225
sharpship?c1225
straitnessa1340
necessityc1390
hardlaikc1540
hardshipc1540
disage1607
rough1615
rigour1632
erumny1657
strait1837
sufferation1976
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 278 Þet þe beast of helle hwen he smakereð towart ow forto biten onow. hurtehim o þescharpschipe [a1250 Nero herdschipe] & schunke aȝeinwart.
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