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be-wyrcan

surround

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up in a building Hét hire faeder hí bewyrcean on ánum torre, Shrn. 105, 33

be-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wyrcan, -weorcean, bi-wyrcan; p. -worhte, pl. -worhton; pp. -worht

To work, work in, insert, make, build, cover, adorn ⬩ elaborare, immittere, facere, ædificare, inducere, exornare

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To work, work in, insert, make, build, cover, adorn; elaborare, immittere, facere, ædificare, inducere, exornare Bewyrc us on heortan Háligne Gást work the Holy Ghost into our hearts, Hy. 7, 79; Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 79. Ne wát ic mec beworhtne wulle flýsum

Linked entries: be-smiþian be-weorcean be-worht bi-wyrcan

be-wyrpan

(v.)

to cast, throw

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to cast, throw, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 33

þel

(n.)
Grammar
þel, (þell), es; n.
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Wǽpenu mid gyldenum þelum bewyrcean arma aureis includere laminis, 7, 12

Linked entries: þille weel

þeówen

(n.)
Grammar
þeówen, þíwen, [n]e; þeówene, an; f.
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Ðá hét hire fæder hí bewyrcean on ánum torre mid twelf ðeówennum, 106, 1. Þeówenna bernas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 59: 12, 17. Ic hæbbe þeówas and þeówena ( servos et ancillas ), Gen. 32, 5

Linked entries: þeów þióen þíwen þýwen

torr

(n.)
Grammar
torr, es; m.

turris ⬩ a tower ⬩ a projecting rock ⬩ a tor

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Ðá hét hire fæder hí bewyrcean on ánum torre mid twelf ðeówennum, Shrn. 105, 33. Æt torre at the tower (of Babel), Cd. Th. 101, 26; Gen. 1688. Tó beácne torr, 100, 19; Gen. 1666: Bt. 25, 4; Fox 162, 25. Monn getimberde torr ( turrem ), Mk. Skt.

Linked entries: túr tor

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