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ge-þweran

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
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.]
Linked entries
v.  ge-þrofen ge-þuren samod-þyrlíc ge-þruen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-þweran.” 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/16539.

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