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hand-geweorc

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what is made with the hands
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  • Þíne godas syndon gyldene and sylfrene . . . getreówleásera manna handgeweorc Hml. S. 14, 21.

  • Handgeweorce

    manufacta,

      An. Ox. 3710.
a. of what is made by the Deity
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  • Ic beó þín hondgeweorc,

      Bl. H. 147, 35.

  • Swiðor wile God árian mannum his handgeweorce,

      Hml. Th. i. 68, 25.
  • His handgeweorc, Adames ofspring, ii. 260, 25 : Ll. Th. i. 304, 21.
work done by the hands, wort in general
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  • Fram nǽnigum eorðlicum handgeweorce næs seó bóc áwriten,

      Wlfst. 214, 10.

  • His handgeweorc þú bletsadest

    operibus manuum ejus benedixisti,

      Hml. Th. ii. 448, 30.
a. of the operations of the Deity
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  • He (

    Adam

    ) wæs gehíwad þurh Godes handgeweorc,
      Angl. xi. 1, 10.
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v. hand-weorc.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hand-geweorc.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/51731.

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