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wyrhta

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wyrhta, an ; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§112; §401; §421;
a wright, workman, artificer, labourer, one who works at some trade
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  • Wyrhta

    operarius,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 25 :

    opifex,

      47, 10.

  • Yldest wyrhta

    architectus,

    • 19, 14
      • :
    • 47, 11.

  • Se wyrhta (operarius) ys wyrðe hys metes,

      Mt. Kmbl. 10, 10.

  • Wyrihte

    faber,

      Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 3.

  • Wrihtes

    fabri,

      p. 3, 8.

  • Micel gedál is on ðam mægene ðæs dæghwamlícan wyrhtan and ðæs ídlan,

      Lchdm. ii. 84, 18.

  • Hé wæs ðæs wyrhtan sunu (the carpenter's son),

    • Nicod. 2
      • ;
    • Thw. 1, 21.

  • Smiðes ł wyrchta (fabri) sunu,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 55.

  • Hond bið gelǽred, wís and gewealden, swá bið wyrhtan ryht, sele ásettan,

    • Exon. Th. 296, 5
      • ;
    • Crä. 46.

  • Gif ðú wénst ðætte wundorlíce gerela hwelc weorþmynd sié, ðonne telle ic ðú weorþmynd ðæm wyrhtan ðe hié worhte, næs náðe (igeniun mirabor artificis),

    • Bt. 14, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 42, 19.

  • Mon sceal simle tó beregafole ágifan æt ánum wyrhtan (the labourer who is the tenant of land.

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    Cf. Hér synd gewriten ða gerihta ðæ ða ceorlas sculan dón tó Hysseburnan. Æt ælcan híwisce ... þreó pund gauolbæres,
      Chart. Th. 145, 1.
    ) six pund wǽga,

    • L. In. 59
      • ;
    • Th. i. 140, 5.

  • Eálá góde wyrhtan (operarii) ... ðis geþeaht ic sylle eallum wyrhtum, ðæt ánra gehwylc cræft his geornlíce begange; for ðam se ðe cræft his forlǽt, hé byþ forlǽten fram ðam cræfte,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 31, 21-35.

  • Ðone stán, ðe hine wyrhtan áwurpan

    lapidem quem reprobaverunt aedificantes,

    • Ps. Th. 117, 21
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 1, 3
      • ;
    • Cri. 2.

  • Micel ríp ys, and feáwa wyrhtena (operarii pauci),

      Mt. Kmbl. 9, 37.

  • Áhýrian wyrhtan on his wíngeard,

      20, 1.
a maker, producer, author, creator, fabricator
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  • Wróhtes wyrhtan, fyrnsynna fruman (the devil),

    • Exon. Th. 263. 7
      • ;
    • Jul. 346.

  • Wyrhtan

    fabricatores (falsitatum),

      Hpt. Gl. 505, 64.

  • On wyrhte gileáfes

    in auctorem fidei,

      Rtl. 27, 29.
used of the Deity, the Creator, Maker
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  • Se wyrhta,

    • Cd. Th. 8, 17
      • ;
    • Gen. 125
      • :
    • 265, 27
      • ;
    • Sat. 14.

  • Werhta

    operator,

      Kent. Gl. 808.

  • Drihten, ælmihtiga God, wyrhta and wealdend ealra gesceafta,

    • Bt. 42
      • ;
    • Fox 260, 1
      • :
    • L. Eth. vi. 42
      • ;
    • Th. i. 326, 13
      • :
    • L. I. P. 1
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 304, 2
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 301, 21
      • ;
    • Sat. 585.

  • Wuldres wyrhta,

    • Exon. Th. 206, 21
      • ;
    • Ph. 130.

  • Wealdend and wyrhta wuldorþrymmes,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 649
      • ;
    • An. 325
      • :
    • 1403
      • ;
    • An. 702.

  • Wyrhta and Sceppend weorulde þisse,

      Met. 29, 82.
a doer, worker
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  • Cwealmes wyrhta

    a murderer,

    • Cd. Th. 61, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 1004.

  • Ealle ða ðe unrihtes wǽran wyrhtan

    omnes discedentes a justificationibus tuis,

      Ps. Th. 118, 118.

  • Mánes wyrhtan

    peccatores,

      100, 8.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. wurhtio
:
O. H. Ger. wurhto.
]
Linked entries
v.  werta.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wyrhta.” 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/36972.

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