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weorc-stán

  • noun [ masculine ]
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weorc-stán, es; m.
stone for building
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  • Ne bið ðes stýpol getimbrod mid ǽnigum weorcstáne, Basil admn. 2 ; Norm. 38,

      14, Hí
    man mid weorcstáne on ǽghwilce healfe ealle cuce ðǽrinne forwyrce, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 322.
a stone for building, a large stone
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  • Weorcstán

    saxum,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 20.

  • Hét se cásere áhón ánne weorcstán on hyre swuran,

      Homl. Skt. i. 2, 389.

  • Ðá geseah hé hwǽr ða weorcstánas (cf. 322

    supra

    ) lágon ofer eall,
      23, 490.

  • On ðam fenlande synd feáwa weorcstána,

      20, 77.

  • Hé hét ðæs scræfes ingang mid weorcstánum forwyican,

      23, 316.

  • Mid ormǽtum weorcstánum,

      Homl. Th. ii. 424, 27.

  • Hé spræc ná tó ðam weorcstánum (

    the stones of Jerusalem

    ) oððe tó ðære getimbrunge, i.
      402, 10 : Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 106.

  • Hé hét wilian tó ðam scræfe micele weorcstánas (

    saxa ingentia

    ),
      Jos. 10, 18, 27.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “weorc-stán.” 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/35149.

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