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weorc-þeów

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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weorc-þeów, es; m.: e ; f.
A slave who works, a bondman, a bondwoman, a slave, a thrall
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  • Ðá wearð unblíðe Abrahames cwén hire worcþeówe,

      Cd. Th. 136, 18 ; Gen. 2260.
  • 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.
  • 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.
Etymology
[Cf. Icel. verk-þræll.]
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