Irre-weorc

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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irre-weorc
n. A work undertaken in anger :-- Engla drihten wile uppe heonan sáwla lǽdan and wé seoððan á ðæs yrreweorces hénþo geþoliaþ the Lord of angels will up from hence lead souls, and we ever after shall suffer the humiliation of that angry feat [the harrowing of Hell], Cd. 222; Th. 289, 17; Sat. 399. irre-weorc
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