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ge-wyrht

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
ge-wyrht, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§391;
Work, deed, merit, desert
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  • Deág ðín gewyrhtu

    if thy deeds are good,

    • Exon. 80 a
      • ;
    • Th. 300, 11
      • :
    • Fä. 4
      • .

  • Ða heálícan gewyrhto Sancte Iohannes

    the exalted deeds of St. John,

    • Blickl. Homl. 167, 5
      • .

  • Rǽctþ ǽghwilcum men ágen gewyrhta

    give to every man his deserts,

    • Hy. Grn. 7, 16
      • .

  • Be heora gewyrhturn

    secundum opera eorum

    • Ps. Th. 27, 5
      • :
    • 102, l0
      • .

  • Be gewirhton we þoliaþ ðás þing

    deservedly do we suffer these things,

    • Gen. 42, 21
      • .

  • Ǽlcum men wrecan be his gewyrhtum

    to punish every man according to his deeds,

    • Bt. 35, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 168, 26
      • .

  • Búton gewyrhtum

    undeservedly,

    • 22, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 76, 15
      • :
    • 38, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 202, 3
      • .

  • Wæs him forgolden æfter his ágenum gewyrhtum

    he was requited according to his own deeds,

    • Blickl. Homl. 45, 2
      • .

  • For heora gewyrhtum

    for their deeds,

      125, 2: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 108, 112.

  • Mid gewyrhtum

    deservedly,

    • Blickl. Homl. 89, 7
      • .

  • Seóþ ðonne on éce gewyrht

    they shall look then on an everlasting state [one whose character is determined by their deeds],

    • Exon. 116 b
      • ;
    • Th. 448, 29
      • ;
    • Dóm. 61
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. gi-wurhti deed
:
O. H. Ger. ka-wuruht, Grff. i. 975.
]
Linked entries
v.  ge-weorht ge-wriht.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wyrht.” 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/16946.

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