castel-weorc
Entry preview:
Castle-work; castellorum opus Hí suencten ðe men of ðe land mid castelweorces [for castelweorcum] they oppressed the men of the land with castle-works [castellis ædificandis], Chr. 1137; Th. 382, 20
ellen-weorc
A work of valour, valiant or powerful act ⬩ fortitūdĭnis ŏpus, res fortĭter gesta
Entry preview:
A work of valour, valiant or powerful act; fortitūdĭnis ŏpus, res fortĭter gesta He wæs ánrǽd ellenweorces he was steadfast in his work of valour, Andr. Kmbl. 464; An. 232. Gif ðú ðæt ellenweorc aldre gedígest if thou escapest with life from that work
firen-weorc
A wicked work ⬩ crime ⬩ scŭlestum ŏpus ⬩ scĕlus
Entry preview:
A wicked work, crime; scŭlestum ŏpus, scĕlus Hí firenweorc beraþ they bear their wicked works, Exon. 26b; Th. 80, 1; Cri. 1301: 28a; Th. 85, 30: Cri. 1399
here-weorc
A warlike deed or work
Entry preview:
A warlike deed or work, Elen. Kmbl. 1308; El. 656
irre-weorc
Entry preview:
A work undertaken in anger Engla drihten wile uppe heonan sáwla lǽdan and wé seoððan á ðæs yrreweorces hénþo geþoliaþ the Lord of angels will up from hence lead souls, and we ever after shall suffer the humiliation of that angry feat [the harrowing of
láð-weorc
Entry preview:
An evil work, work that is hateful to another Leornedan láðweorc Gode, Ps. Th. 105, 26
leóþ-weorc
Song-making ⬩ poetry ⬩ poesis
Entry preview:
Song-making, poetry; poesis, Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 99; Wrt. Voc. 60, 7
mægen-weorc
A mighty work
Entry preview:
A mighty work Hú micle synt ðíne mægenweorc quam magnificata sunt opera tua, Ps. Th. 91, 4
mán-weorc
Doing evil ⬩ wicked
Entry preview:
Doing evil wicked Ðæt ðú mé swá mánweorcum inwrige wyrda gerýno, Elen. Kmbl. 1621; El. 812
níþ-weorc
Battle ⬩ conflict
Entry preview:
Battle, conflict Níþweorca heard brave in battle, Chr. 973; Erl. 124, 26
nyt-weorð
Useful ⬩ advantageous ⬩ profitable
Entry preview:
Useful, advantageous, profitable Eálá ðú mín wyln beó nytwyrðe O mea ancilla, esto utilis, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 101, 4. Hú se láreów sceal beón nytwierðe (MS. Hatt. -wyrðe) on his wordum ut sit rector utilis in verbo, Past. 15; Swt. 88, 3. Ðá stód ðǽr
ge-weorp
A throwing ⬩ tossing ⬩ dashing ⬩ what is thrown up ⬩ a heap ⬩ jactus ⬩ jactātio ⬩ projectio
Entry preview:
A throwing, tossing, dashing, what is thrown up, a heap; jactus, jactātio, projectio Ofer waroþa geweorp over the dashing of the waves, Andr. Kmbl. 611; An. 306. Ðǽr ðú geseó tord-wifel on eorþan up weorpan ymbfó hine mid twám handum mid his geweorpe
Linked entry: ge-wyrp
ge-weorc
Similar entry: meter-geweorc
stán-weorc
Entry preview:
Stone-work, stone-building Hé worhte of seolfre ǽnne heáhne stýpel on stánweorces gelícnysse, Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 29. [O. Sax. stén-werk.] Cf. stán-geweorc
þrýþ-weorc
A splendid ⬩ mighty work
Entry preview:
A splendid, mighty work Þrýðweorc ( a statue; v. the description: Wrætlíce wundorágræfen anlícnes engla ... torhte gefrætwed, wlitige geworht ... anlícnes engelcynna ðæs brémestan, 1423-35; An. 712-8), Andr. Kmbl. 1546; An. 774
untíd-weorc
Unseasonable work ⬩ work done at a wrong time
Entry preview:
Unseasonable work, work done at a wrong time Geswícan untídweorces ( work done on Sunday ), Wulfst. 209, 27. Geswícan untídweorca, 221, 19
unriht-weorc
Improper work
Entry preview:
Improper work Be Sunnandæges unrihtweorcum de profanis operibus die Dominico, L. Ecg. C. 35, tit.; Th. ii. 130, 25
weorc-dæg
Entry preview:
A work-day, any day, not a ' freólstíd, ' of the week but Sunday Weorcdæg feria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 4. Sealmas tó weorcdæge (ad feriam) gebyrigende, Anglia xiii. 402, 532. Ðam syxtan weorcdæge sexta feria, 404, 563. Worcdæge, 389, 348. Búton drihten*
weorc-geréfa
Entry preview:
An overseer of work Ða weorcgeréfan praefecti operum, Ex. 5, 10, 13. Sidrac, Misac, and Abdenago, ðe Nabochodonosor gesette him tó weorcgeréfan, Homl. Th. ii. 68, 5
weorc-hús
Entry preview:
A workshopWrt. Voc. i. 58, 23: Weorchús officina, ergasterium vel operatorium, 59, 6. Werchús ergasterium, 34, 54