Weorold-weore

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - weorold-weore

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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weorold-weore
n. I. worldly work, secular occupation:-- Ðǽm tídum þonne gé ða rǽdinge háligra bóca forlǽten and ða gebeda, þonne sculon gé on sum nytlíc weoroldweorc fón, L. E. I. 3; Th. ii. 404, 10. Nǽnig mon ne geþrístlǽce on ðone hálgan dæg on nán weoruld-weorc befón, 24; Th. ii. 420, 22. II. in a special sense, mechanics:-- Mechanica, ðæt ys weoruldweorces cræft, Shrn. 152, 16. weorold-weore
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