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sám-wyrcan

  • verb [ weak ]
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to do a thing incompletely
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  • Gif hwá on fyrde griðbryce fulwyrce . . . Gif hé sámwyrce . . . ,

      L. C. S. 62; Th. i. 408, 23. [Cf. sám-bryce.
    ] Fæsten wæs sámworht

    the fort was not finished,

      Chr. 892; Erl. 88, 34.
  • Stántorr (

    the tower of Babel

    ) sámworht stód,
      Cd. Th. 102, 16; Gen. 1701.
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v.  sám-bryce sám-worht.
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