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ge-weorc

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
ge-weorc, -worc, -were, es; n. [ge-, weorc a work] .
Wright's OE grammar
§574;
work; ŏpus, ŏpuscŭlus
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  • Eue wæs geweorc Godes

    Eve was God's work,

    • Cd. 38
    • ;
    • Th. 51, 6
    • ;
    • Gen. 822
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    • Exon. 9 b
    • ;
    • Th. 8, 4
    • ;
    • Cri. 112
    • .
  • Ðæt ðam þeódne wæs síþes sigehwíl, sylfes dǽdum, worlde geweorces

    that was a victorious moment to the prince of his enterprise, by his own deeds, of his worldly work,

    • Beo. Th. 5415
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    • B. 2711
    • .
  • He geseah eald enta geweorc

    he saw the antique work of giants,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2988
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    • An. 1497
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    • 2155
    • ;
    • An. 1079
    • .
  • On ðæt geweorc

    in ŏpus,

    • Bd. 1, 23
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    • S. 485, 40
    • .
  • Ne wáciaþ ðás geweorc

    these works fail not,

    • Exon. 93 b
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    • Th. 351, 26
    • ;
    • Sch. 86
    • .
  • Mǽre wurdon his wundra geweorc

    great were his wondrous works,

    • 45 b
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    • Th. 155, 2
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    • Gú. 854
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    • 40 a
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    • Th. 133, 35
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    • Gú. 500
    • .
  • Of geweorcum árwurþra fædera

    ex ŏpuscŭlis venerābĭlium patrum,

    • Bd. 5, 24
    • ;
    • S. 647, 33
    • .
a fort, fortress; arx
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  • He of ðam geweorce wæs winnende wið ðone here

    he warred on the army from the fortress,

    • Chr. 878
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    • Erl. 80, 5
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    • 896
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    • Erl. 94, 3, 21
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  • He worhte him geweorc æt Middeltúne

    he wrought him a fortress at Middleton,

    • 892
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    • Erl. 89, 14
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    • 894
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    • Ed. 92, 4, 11
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  • Ðe æt hám æt ðǽm geweorcum wǽron

    who were at home in the fortresses,

    • 894
    • ;
    • Erl. 92, 18
    • .
  • Hí worhton tú geweorc

    they wrought two forts,

    • 896
    • ;
    • Erl. 94, 11
    • .
  • Geweorc

    arx, figmentum, māchĭna,

    • Scint. 62
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    • Cot. 85
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    • 128, Lye
    • .
Etymology
[
Goth. ga-waurki
:
O. Sax. gi-werk
:
O. H. Ger. ga-werk
.]
Derived forms
ǽr-geweorc, eald-, flán-, fyrn-, gold-, gúþ-, hand-, heáh-, land-, níþ-, sulh-
Linked entries
v.  ge-werc ge-worc geweorc-lic.
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  • ge-weorc, n.