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Hand-geweorc

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1 hand-geweorc

n. Work of the hand, handiwork :-- Ðæra hǽðenra anlícnyssa sind gyldene and sylfrene manna handgeweorc the idols of the heathen are of gold and of silver, the work of men's hands, Homl. Th. i. 366, 26: Deut. 4, 28. His handgeweorc the work of his hands [Adam and Eve], Cd. 13; Th. 16, 11; Gen. 241: Ps. Th. 18, 1. Gerece úre handgeweorc opus manuum nostrarum dirige, 89, 19. On his handgeweorc byþ gefangen se synfulla in operibus manuum suarum comprehensus est peccator, 9, 15. [Hom: Rel. Ant. hond-iwerc: O. Sax. hand-giwerk.] hand-geweorc
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚪᚾᛞ-ᚷᛖᚹᛇᚱᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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O. Sax.
Old Saxon

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Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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