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irre-weorc

  • noun [ neuter ]
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irre-weorc, es; n.
A work undertaken in anger
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  • 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
    • .
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  • irre-weorc, n.