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and-weorc

  • noun [ neuter ]
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and-weorc, ond-weorc, an-weorc, es; n.
Matter, substance, material, metal, a cause of anything; materia, cæmentum, metallum, causa
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  • He ðæt andweorc of Adames lice aleoðode

    he dismembered the substance from Adam's body,

    • Cd. 9; Th. 11, 16
    • ;
    • Gen. 176
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  • Ðæt leád is hefigre ðonne ǽnig óðer andweorc

    plumbum cæíeris metallis est gravius,

    • Past. 37, 3; Hat. MS. 50 a. 16
    • .
  • Búton andweorce

    without cause,

    • Bt. 10; Fox 30, 2
    • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 17, 32
    • ;
    • Met. 17, 16
    • .
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v.  an-weorc.
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