Morþ-weorc

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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morþ-weorc

n. An act which causes death (by witchcraft or poison), :-- Hǽðenscipe biþ ðæt man ... wiccecræft lufige oððe morþweorc gefremme (causes death by witchcraft or poison, O. Sax. morð-werk.] Cf. morþ-dǽd and next word. morþ-weorc

Related words: morþ. III), L.C.S. 5; Th. i. 378, 21. Deóflíce dǽda on morþweorcum and on manslihtan, L. Eth. v. 25; Th. i. 310, 15: vi. 28; Th. i. 322, 16. [