weorc-þeów
- noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Ðá wearð unblíðe Abrahames cwén hire worcþeówe,
- Cd. Th. 136, 18 ; Gen. 2260.
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Nabochodonossor him dyde Israéla bearn, wǽpna láfe, tó weorcþeówum (
si quis evaserat gladium, ductus in Babylonem servivit regi,
2- Chron. 36, 20), 220, 21; Dan. 74.
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Ðá Abimæleh Abrahame his wíf ágeaf, sealde him gangende feoh and weorcþeós ( = -þeówas; cf. (?) Northumbrian forms under þeów :
MS. has
feos. The passage in Genesis is: Tulit Abimelech oves et boves et servos et ancillas et dedit Abraham, reddiditque illi Saram uxorem suam, 20, 14), 164, 25; Gen. 2720.
Bosworth, Joseph. “weorc-þeów.” 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/35151.
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