Ge-þweran

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-þweran

p. -þwær, pl. -þwǽron; pp. -þworen, -þuren To stir, beat or mix together, to churn, make thick [as butter from cream], poetically, to forge; cudere :-- Genim cú meoluc bútan wætere lǽt weorþan to flétum geþwer to buteran take cow's milk, without water, let it become cream, churn it to butter, L. M. 1, 44; Lchdm. ii. 108, 22. Geþworen [Lye], geþrofen [Wrt.] fliéte churned cream; lactudiclum, Wrt. Voc. 290, 28. Heoru hamere geþuren the sword forged with the hammer, Beo. Th. 2575; B. 1285: Exon. 129 b; Th. 497, 16; Rä. 87, 1. Eorþe is hefigre óðrum gesceafum þicre geþruen earth is heavier than the other elements, more closely compacted, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 267; Met. 20, 134. [Cf. þwiril verberaturium; O. H. Ger. ga-dweran confundere, miscere, Grff.

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