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-- Comp. fæder-æðelu. æfnan, w.v. w. acc., _to perform, to carry out, to accomplish_: inf. ellen-weorc æfnan, _to do a heroic deed_, 1465; pret. unriht æfnde,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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-- Comp. fäder-äðelu. äfnan, w.v. w. acc., _to perform, to carry out, to accomplish_: inf. ellen-weorc äfnan, _to do a heroic deed_, 1465; pret. unriht äfnde,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Heht þā þæt heaðo-weorc tō hagan bīodan up ofer ēg-clif, þǣr þæt eorl-weorod
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Hêht þâ þät heaðo-weorc tô hagan biódan up ofer êg-clif, þær þät eorl-weorod
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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... eahta mearas ... on flet teón, _gave command to bring eight horses into the hall_, 1036; þonne ænne hêht golde forgyldan, _commanded to make good that one with gold_, 1054; hêht þâ þät heaðo-weorc tô hagan biódan,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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... eahta mēaras ... on flet tēon, _gave command to bring eight horses into the hall_, 1036; þonne ǣnne heht golde forgyldan, _commanded to make good that one with gold_, 1054; heht þā þæt heaðo-weorc tō hagan bīodan,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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_weorc_, work, still survive: as do the verbs _to bring_, _to look_, and
Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain Grant Allen 1873
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See ge-wild. weorc, st. n.: 1) _work, labor, deed_: acc. sg., 74; (_war-deed_), 1657; instr.sg. weorce, 1570; dat.pl. weorcum, 2097; wordum ne (and) worcum,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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See weorc. word, st. n.: 1) _word, speech_: nom. sg., 2818; acc.sg. þät word, 655,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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See weorc. word, st. n.: 1) _word, speech_: nom. sg., 2818; acc.sg. þæt word, 655,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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