Weorc-stán

Old English Dictionary Entry

Weorc-stán

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 weorc-stán

m. I. stone for building :-- Ne bið ðes stýpol getimbrod mid ǽnigum weorcstáne, Basil admn. 2 ; Norm. 38, 14, Hí man mid weorcstáne on ǽghwilce healfe ealle cuce ðǽrinne forwyrce, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 322. II. a stone for building, a large stone :-- Weorcstán saxum, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 20. Hét se cásere áhón ánne weorcstán on hyre swuran, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 389. Ðá geseah hé hwǽr ða weorcstánas (cf. 322 supra) lágon ofer eall, 23, 490. On ðam fenlande synd feáwa weorcstána, 20, 77. Hé hét ðæs scræfes ingang mid weorcstánum forwyican, 23, 316. Mid ormǽtum weorcstánum, Homl. Th. ii. 424, 27. Hé spræc ná tó ðam weorcstánum (the stones of Jerusalem) oððe tó ðære getimbrunge, i. 402, 10 : Homl. Skt. ii. 27, 106. Hé hét wilian tó ðam scræfe micele weorcstánas (saxa ingentia), Jos. 10, 18, 27. weorc-stan

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ᚹᛇᚱᚳ-ᛋᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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