Gold-geweorc

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gold-geweorc

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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gold-geweorc
n. Gold-work, what is made of gold :-- Ðǽr wæs ðære sunnan anlýcnys geworht of golde and heó wæs on gyldenum scryd and æt ðam wǽron gyldene hors ... ðá eode ðǽr egeslíc deóful út of ðam goldgeweorce and ðæt goldgeweorc eall todreás swá swá weax gemylt æt fýre there was an image of the sun made of gold, and it was on a golden chariot, and there were golden horses to the chariot ... then came there a horrible devil out of the goldwork, and the goldwork all fell away as wax melts at the fire, Shrn. 156, 10-16. gold-geweorc
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