bóc-weorc
study
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Literary work, study Bisceopes dægweorc, ꝥ bið mid rihte his gebedu ǽrest, and ðonne his bócweorc, rǽding oððon rihting, lár oððon leornung, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 19
ceaster-weall
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A city-wall Sé wæs in þǽre ceastre Augustodonensi ... clypode his módor of þám cesterwealle, Shrn. 119, 26
cyle-wearte
Similar entry: cile-wearte
ciricsceat-weorc
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Work connected with the grain contributed as ciric-sceat. v. C. D. v. 162, 26: ii. 398, 20 (quoted under ciric*-*sceat)
eorþ-weall
a rampart
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Substitute: a rampart, mound made by the earth taken from a dyke and raised along it Hé hit begyrde and gefæstnade mid díce and mid eorðwealle magnam fossam firmissimumque uallum duxit, Bd. 1, 5; Sch. 17, 20. Mid díce and mid eorðwealle útan ymbsealde
fore-weall
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Wíghús, foreweal propugnaculum, An. Ox. 3972. Foraeuuallum (fore-) vel tindum rostris, Txts. 92, 873. Add
firen-weorc
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ge-weorc
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Add: operative action, operation, v. weall-geweorc, . working. making of material objects Hé þǽr hræde geweorce (citato opere) of treówe cyricean getimbrede, Bd. 2, 14; Sch. 170, 9. (1 a) with gen. of object :-- Figmenta, i. plasmatio hominum (cf. De
ge-weorp
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Dele ' A throwing, . . . dashing, ' and for first passage substitute Him þá beorna breogo, þǽr hé on bolcan sæt, ofer waroða geweorp wið þingode with him (Andrew) the prince of men, from his seat on the gangway, across the sands held parley (the boat
hand-weorc
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on-wealh
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add: of material objects Genim ðysse wyrtewyrttruman swá anwealhne ( as whole as possible ), Lch. i. 286, 18. Hit nys álýfed ꝥ man hyre wyrtruman anwealhne geseón móte it is not permitted that its root be seen when entire, 318, 20. add: of non-material
or-weorð
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Dele
seonu-wealt
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Add Sinewealtre trendla tyrnincge tereti circulorum rotunditate, An. Ox. 522. Add Of sinewealtum þrǽda cliwene ex tereti filorum glomere, An. Ox. 3734. Sinewealte popelstánas rotundas lapillulos, 1813
weale-spinel
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Of wolcspinle calamistro, An. Ox. 26, 70-v. ge-wealcian. Add
weald-bǽre
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should be den-bǽr
wealh-basu
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Wealhbasu ł mædre uermiculo. An. Ox. 35, 4. Add
weall-geweorc
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Wealgewuorc, C. D. iv. 51, 19. Cf. muri fabrica, 50, 13. Add
weorc-cræft
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Skill in work, the art of mechanics Weorc-cræft mechanics (ors), An. Ox. 55, 6
weorc-níten
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A beast wsed for work; — Restað eów, þú and þín sunu and þíne dohter and þín þeówe and þíne wylne and þín weorc-nýten, Ll. Th. i. 44, ll n
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weorc-weorþ
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Capable of work Þonne is æt Farresheáfde . xvi. weorcwurðe men and viii. iunge men . . . æt Geácesleá þrytténe wépmen weorcewyrþe and v. wimmen and æhta geonge men, C. D. B. iii. 367, 15-35. Weorcwyrþra manna, Verc. Först. 158, 20