And-weorc

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - and-weorc

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ond-weorc, an-weorc, es;

and-weorc
n. Matter, substance, material, metal, a cause of anything; materia, cæmentum, metallum, causa:--He ðæt andweorc of Adames lice aleoðode he dismembered the substance from Adam's body, Cd. 9; Th. 11. 16; Gen. 176. Ðæt leád is hefigre ðonne ǽnig óðer andweorc plumbum cæíeris metallis est gravius, Past. 37, 3; Hat. MS. 50 a. 16. Búton andweorce without cause, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 2: Bt. Met. Fox 17, 32; Met. 17, 16. and-weorc
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