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ge-þweran

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-þweran, p. -þwær, pl. -þwǽron; pp. -þworen, -þuren
To stir, beat or mix together, to churn, make thick [as butter from cream], poetically, to forge; cudere
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  • Genim cú meoluc bútan wætere lǽt weorþan to flétum geþwer to buteran

    take cow's milk, without water, let it become cream, churn it to butter,

      L. M. 1, 44; Lchdm. ii. 108, 22.
  • Geþworen [Lye], geþrofen [Wrt.] fliéte

    churned cream;

    lactudiclum,
      Wrt. Voc. 290, 28.
  • Heoru hamere geþuren

    the sword forged with the hammer,

      Beo. Th. 2575; B. 1285: Exon. 129 b; Th. 497, 16; Rä. 87, 1.
  • Eorþe is hefigre óðrum gesceafum þicre geþruen

    earth is heavier than the other elements, more closely compacted,

      Bt. Met. Fox 20, 267; Met. 20, 134.
Etymology
[Cf. þwiril verberaturium; O. H. Ger. ga-dweran confundere, miscere, Grff. v. 278.]
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v.  ge-þruen ge-þrofen ge-þuren.
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