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hand-geweorc

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
hand-geweorc, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§617;
Work of the hand, handiwork
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  • Ðæra hǽðenra anlícnyssa sind gyldene and sylfrene manna handgeweorc

    the idols of the heathen are of gold and of silver, the work of men's hands,

      Homl. Th. i. 366, 26: Deut. 4, 28.
  • His handgeweorc

    the work of his hands [Adam and Eve],

      Cd. 13; Th. 16, 11; Gen. 241: Ps. Th. 18, 1.
  • Gerece úre handgeweorc

    opus manuum nostrarum dirige,

      89, 19.
  • On his handgeweorc byþ gefangen se synfulla

    in operibus manuum suarum comprehensus est peccator,

      9, 15.
Etymology
[Hom: Rel. Ant. hond-iwerc: O. Sax. hand-giwerk.]
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v.  hand-weorc.
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  • hand-geweorc, n.