on weorce

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Old English

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on weorce

  1. at work
    • c. 973, Æthelwold, translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict
      Sē twelfta stepe ēaðmōdnesse is ġif munuc biþ ǣġhwǣr ēaðmōd eallum þām þe hine on lōciaþ, ġe on weorce, ġe on ġebēdhūse, ġe innan mynstre, ġe on wyrttūne, ġe on fare, ġe on æcre.
      The twelfth level of humility is if a monk is humble everywhere to anyone who looks at him, whether at work, in the oratory, in the monastery, in the garden, on a journey, or in the field.