beaduweorc

• beadoweorc

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

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

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.

Strong a-stem:

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “beaduweorc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.