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oft-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
oft-rǽde, adj.

frequentready at many times

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) oftrǽde tó gehwilcon weorce the swain must be, as I said before of the beekeeper, generally ready for any work, L.

mechanisc

(adj.)
Grammar
mechanisc, adj.

Mechanical

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Mechanical Án wurplíc weorc on mechanisc geweorc, Homl. Skt. 5, 251

hǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
hǽnan, p. de; pp. ed

To stone

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To stone For hwylcum ðæra weorca wylle gé mé hǽnan . . . ne hǽne wé ðé for gódum weorce propter quod eorum opus me lapidatis . .. de bono opere non lapidamus te, Jn. Skt. 10, 32, 33 : 11, 8. Ðú ðe ða wítegan hǽnst quæ prophetas lapidas, Lk.

Linked entry: ge-hǽnan

miltsung

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Mildsunga ( miserationes ) his ofer ealle weorc his, Ps. L. 144, 9. Add

þurh-wunung

Grammar
þurh-wunung, <b>. II.</b> add.
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Ne bið nó þám crístenan menn sceáwod se fruma þæs gódan weorcts, ac se ende; for þon þe ǽlcum men bið demed be his þám endenýstan weorcum, Archiv cxxii. 260, l

tow-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
tow-líc, adj.

Pertaining to weaving

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Pertaining to weaving Towlíc weorc textrinum opus, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 13: 82, 11

þeówet-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þeówet-líc, adj.
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Gif wé ðeówtlícera weorca, ðæt sind synna, geswícaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 6. Ðæt Sunnandæg freóls beó fram þeówetlícum weorcum, Wulfst. 292, 7

gliwian

(v.)
Grammar
gliwian, p. ede

To adorn[?]

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Me gliwedon wrætlíc weorc smiþa, Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 17; Rä. 27, 13

leóht-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
leóht-líc, adj.

Light

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Light, of little weight or value Leóhtlícu weorc levitas operis, Past. 43, 1; Swt. 309, 1

egþ-wirf

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Add: egþ-weorf (?) A young ass (weorf, q,v.) used for harrowing(?)

ælmes-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-dǽd, e; f.

An alms-deed, a charitable action

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Mid ælmesdǽdum and mid óðrum gódum weorcum, 142, 24. Góde weorc begán and ælmesdǽda, 286, 6: Hml. Th. ii. 100, 21

micelung

(n.)
Grammar
micelung, miclung, e; f.

A doing of great thingsmagnificentia

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A doing of great things; magnificentia Miclung ł mǽrsung weorc his magnificentia opus ejus, Ps. Lamb. 110, 3

ge-hræcan

(v.)

to set in orderdirectdirĭgĕre

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to set in order, direct; dirĭgĕre Weorc handa ussera gehræce ŏpus mănuum nostrārum dirĭge, Ps. Lamb. 89, 17

open-lic

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Þára openlican weorc (aperta opera) wé gesióð, ac wé nyton hwelc hira inngeðonc bið, Past. 105, 9. Add

feónd-rǽden

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Swutele synd ðæs flǽsces weorc . . . feónd*-*rǽden and geflit (inimicitiae, contentiones, Gal. 5, 20), Hml. S. 17, 25. Add

réceleáslíce

(adv.)
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Sint tó manienne ðá ðe ðá sibbe sáwað, ðæt hié swá micel weorc tó recceleáslíce and tó unwærlíce ne dón admonendi sunt pacifici, ne tantae actionis pondus levigent, Past. 361, 6.

lǽring-mann

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Þæs láreówes hǽs and þæs lǽrincmannes (leornincgmannes, v. l.) weorc magistri jussio et discipuli opera R. Ben. 20, 6. Add

slápol

(adj.)
Grammar
slápol, adj.
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Se ðe wǽre slápol, weorðe se ful wacor, Wulfst. 72, 13. Ne beón gé tó slápole ne ealles tó sleace, 40, 21. Tó ðám Godes weorce árísende, heora ǽlc ððerne myngige, ðæt ða slápule (-an, MS. F. ) náne láde næbben, R. Ben. 47, 17.

ælmes-selen

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-selen, e; f.

Alms-giving

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Tó ðám weorce ælmæssylena eleemosynarum operibus, Gr. D. 329, 13: 321, 24. Hé hit hæfde geearnod mid ælmæsselenun and gódum weorcum, 330, 18. Mid bénum and mid ælmessylenum, Ll. Th. ii. 324, 32

festnes

(n.)
Grammar
festnes, -ness, e; f.

A fastnessfirmamentfirmāmentum

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A fastness, firmament; firmāmentum Weorc handa his bodaþ festnes [MS. fesnesse] ŏpĕra mănuum ejus annuntiat firmāmentum, Ps. Spl. T. 18, 1