a-wyrcan
To do ⬩ effect ⬩ facere ⬩ agere
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To do, effect ; facere, agere Riht awyrce let him do right, L. H. E. 8 ; Th. i. 30, 13. Ðæt ðú me gewissige bet ðonne ic awyrhte to ðé that thou wouldest direct me better than I have done towards thee, Bt. 42; Fox 260, 6
ge-wyrcan
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Hé áxode ... hú hé geworht wǽre on woruldlicere drohtnunge (cf. hé ongan ácsian be his lífe, Gr. D. 322, 4), Hml. Th. ii. 356, 3. Add
ymb-wyrcan
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to surround with works Hé mid eallum ðyssum ða burh on mycelre heánnesse ymbworhte (v. l. ymbsealde. v. ymb-sellan), Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 24 note. Byrig ðære ðe mid náne wealle ne bið ymbworht urbs absque murorum ambitu, Past. 38; Swt. 277, 21. to weave
for-wyrcan
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Add: p. -wyrhte; pp. -wyrht. to do wrong, be guilty Búton hé forworhte, ꝥ hé þǽre hádnote notian ne móste, Ll. Th. i. 192, 16. to injure or destroy by wrongful working. to treat improperly, use badly Hié witan willað hwæt hié sellað, and nyllað wietan
sám-wyrcan
to do a thing incompletely
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to do a thing incompletely Gif hwá on fyrde griðbryce fulwyrce . . . Gif hé sámwyrce . . . L. C. S. 62; Th. i. 408, 23. Fæsten wæs sámworht the fort was not finished, Chr. 892; Erl. 88, 34. Stántorr ( the tower of Babel ) sámworht stód, Cd. Th. 102,
ofer-wyrcan
to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay
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to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay Hé hit him eft hám bebeád on ánum brede áwriten and siððan hit áwriten wæs hé hit oferworhte mid weaxe qui omnia civibus suis per tabellas scriptas, et post cera superlitas, enunciabat
á-wyrcan
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Ǽnne tíman gebídan, þonne ús wǽre leófre þonne eall ꝥ on middangearde is, ꝥ wé áworhtan Godes willan, Ll. Th. i. 370, 19. Ǽlces unnyttes wordes hié sculon ryht áwyrcean (reddent rationem), Past. 281, 10. Add
wyrcend
a worker ⬩ labourer ⬩ a maker ⬩ a doer.
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Similar entries v. efen-, fore-, wín-wyrcend, and wyrcan, I. a maker. Similar entries v. wyrcan, II Ic gelýfe on ǽnne God, wyrcend heofenan and eorðan, Homl. Th. ii. 596, 25. Heó wǽron ðám wyrcendum gelíce similes illis fiant qui faciunt ea, Ps.
-wyrdan
to speak
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to speak
wyrian
wyrgan
To worry ⬩ strangle ⬩ throttle
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To worry (as an animal does), strangle, throttle Wyrgeþ vel smoraþ st[r]angulat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 32
wyrgan
to curse,
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to curse
-wyrdan
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wyrcung
Working ⬩ doing ⬩ operatio
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Working, doing; operatio, Rtl. 15, 42 : 31, 1 : 170, 3
wyrmsan
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To produce corrupt matter Ðonne se lǽce on untíman lácnaþ wunde, hió wyrmseþ and rotaþ, Past. 21; Swt. 153, 3. Sió wund wolde hálian, æfter ðæm ðe heó wyrmsde (wyrsmde, Cott. MSS.), 36; Swt. 259, 1. Gif hit wille wyrsman, Lchdm. ii. 102, 4
Linked entry: ge-wyrsmed
wyrtian
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To season, spice Ic wyrtige condo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 39
Linked entry: wyrtung
wyrcend
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Beóð þæs wordes wircendras estote factores uerbi, Ælfc. T. Grn. 14, 37. Hé ys Godes þén . . . on þám yfelum wyrcendum tó wræce gesett Dei minister est; vindex in iram ei, qui malum agit (Rom. 13, 4), 20, 28. Add