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ge-wyrcan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte, ðú -worhtest; pp. -worht.
to work, make, build, form, dispose, do, perform, celebrate, commit
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  • Úre Drihten wolde mannan gewyrcan

    our Lord would make man,

    • Hexam. 10
      • ;
    • Norm. 16, 16
      • :
    • 11
      • ;
    • Norm. 18,14
      • .

  • Gewyrcean mycelne tor

    to build a great tower,

    • Blickl. Homl. 187, 12
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 139
      • ;
    • B. 69
      • .

  • Ðú miht wundor gewyrcean

    tu facis mirabilia,

    • Ps. Th. 76. 11
      • .

  • Gif ic godes meahte willan gewyrcean

    if I could do God's will,

    • Cd. 39
      • ;
    • Th. 51, 31
      • ;
    • Gen. 835
      • .

  • Ne meahte ic æt hilde mid Hruntinge wiht gewyrcean

    I could not perform aught with Hrunting in fight,

    • Beo. Th. 3324
      • ;
    • B. 1660
      • .

  • Ða noldon fleám gewyrcan

    they would not fly,

    • Byrht. Th. 134, 9
      • ;
    • By. 81
      • .

  • Hí woldon hyra Eástron gewyrcan

    they would celebrate Easter,

    • Lk. Bos. 22, 7
      • .

  • God wille ðisse worlde ende gewyricean

    God will put an end to this world,

    • Blickl. Homl. 109, 33
      • .

  • He nest gewyrceþ

    it makes a nest,

    • Exon. 62 b
      • ;
    • Th. 230, 9
      • ;
    • Ph. 469
      • .

  • Hie gewyrcaþ ǽnne líchoman

    they form one body,

    • Bt. 34, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 142, 16
      • .

  • Crist him to cwæþ 'Ic ðé geworhte'

    Christ said to him 'I made thee,'

    • Blickl. Homl. 231, 28
      • .

  • Ðú eall geworhtest þing þearle gód

    thou didst make every thing exceeding good,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 88
      • ;
    • Met. 20, 44
      • .

  • For úres lífes dǽdum ðe we geworhtan

    for our life's deeds that we have done,

    • Blickl. Homl. 63, 32
      • .

  • Geworhton me him to wæfersýne

    made me a spectacle for themselves,

    Rood
    • Kmbl. 61; Kr. 31
      • .

  • Mycel yfel gewrohtan

    did much harm,

    • Chr. 993
      • ;
    • Erl. 133, 3
      • .

  • Þeáh we æbylgþ wið hine oft gewyrcen

    though we oft offend against him,

    • Elen. Krnbl. 1024
      • ;
    • El. 513
      • .

  • Sió wund ðe him se eorþdraca ǽr geworhte

    the wound that the dragon had before given him,

    • Beo. Th. 5418
      • ;
    • B. 2712
      • .

  • Hie geweorc geworht hæfdon

    they had made a fort,

    • Chr. 894
      • ;
    • Erl. 90, 2
      • .

  • He hæfþ mon geworhtne

    he hath made man,

    • Cd. 21
      • ;
    • Th. 25, 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 395
      • .

  • Synna ðe we wið Godes willan geworht habbaþ

    the sins that we have done against God's will,

    • Blickl. Homl. 25, 15
      • :
    • 125, 4
      • .

  • Heora ciningas hæfdon sige geworht on heora feóndum

    their kings had got victory over their foes,

    • 67, 9
      • .

  • Of glæse geworht

    made of glass,

    • 127, 33
      • .

  • He nys swá wel wið rite geworht swá he wæs

    he is not so well disposed to me as he was,

    • Gen. 31, 5
      • .
to get by working, gain, obtain, merit
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  • Ic me mid Hruntinge dóm gewyrce

    I with Hrunting will gain myself glory,

      Beo. Th. 2986; B. 1491.

  • Lof se gewyrceþ hafaþ heáhfæstne dóm

    he gains praise, hath undying glory,

    • Exon. 97 a
      • ;
    • Th. 327, 6
      • ;
    • Víd. 142
      • .

  • Se ðe gewyrceþ ðæt him wuldorcyning milde geweorþeþ

    he who obtains that the king of glory becomes mild to him,

    • 63 b
      • ; 
    • Th. 234, 8
      • ;
    • Ph. 536
      • .

  • Hú geworhte ic ðæt

    how did I merit this?

    • Cd. 127
      • ;
    • Th. 162, 3
      • ;
    • Gen. 2675
      • .
with gen. [cf. wyrcan with gen.]
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  • For hwam nele mon him georne gewyrcan dryhtscipes

    why will not man earnestly gain himself worship,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 774
      • ;
    • Sal. 386
      • .
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v.  ge-worht.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wyrcan.” 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/16939.

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