be-wyrcan
- verb [ weak ]
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Bewyrc us on heortan Háligne Gást
work the Holy Ghost into our hearts,
- Hy. 7, 79; Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 79.
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Ne wát ic mec beworhtne wulle flýsum
I know not that I was made with fleeces of wool,
- Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 11; Rä. 36, 3.
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He lǽmen fæt biwyrcan hét
he commanded to make an earthen vessel,
74 a;- Th. 277, 3; Jul. 575.
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Babylónia is mid stǽnenum wíghúsum beworht
Babylon is built with stone towers,
- Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 30 : Jos. 2, 1.
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Se mid weaxe beworhte
he covered it with wax,
- Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 46, 30.
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Ða téþ on golde bewyrc
cover the teeth with gold,
- Med. ex Quadr. 1, 1; Lchdm. i. 326, 16.
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Seó cwén ða róde héht golde beweorcean
the queen commanded to adorn the cross with gold,
- Elen. Kmbl. 2045; El. 1024.
Bosworth, Joseph. “be-wyrcan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4196.
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