beaduweorc

Old English

Alternative forms

• beadoweorc

Etymology

From beadu (“battle”) +‎ weorc (“work”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæ͜ɑ.duˌwe͜ork/, [ˈbæ͜ɑ.duˌwe͜orˠk]

Noun

beaduweorc n

1. battle-work, warlike operation
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5‎^[1]:

     Iċ eom ānhaga īserne wund, bille ġebennod, beadoweorca sæd, eċġum wēriġ.

     I am a lone one wounded with iron, wounded by sword, sated of battle-works, weary by edges.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	beaduweorc	beaduweorc
accusative	beaduweorc	beaduweorc
genitive	beaduweorces	beaduweorca
dative	beaduweorce	beaduweorcum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “beaduweorc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.