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  • Geworhte effecit, i.

    perfecit, fecit

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 49.

  • Gewyrce and tó getió

    contrahat

    ,
      21, 42.

  • Tó gewyrcenne

    ad conficiendos

    ,
      6, 31.

  • Gewarht

    conderetur

    ,
      105, 13.

  • Geworht,

      15, 17.

  • Bið geworht confici, 23, 17, Geworht weorc

    instructum

    ,
      49, 23.
  • Gewroht, i. 21, 38.
to work (trans., as in wrought iron), labour a subject, expend labour upon material to prepare it for a purpose,
adorn with
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  • Geworht land

    novalis ager

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 53.

  • Þæs temples segl wundorbleóm geworht,

      Cri. 1140.

  • Geworhtne ornatum, i. compositum (diadema gemmis purpureis

    ornatum

    ,
      Ald. 28, 32), An. Ox. 2120.

  • Mé ne lyst mid glase geworhtra wága

    non requiro comptos vitro parietes

    ,
      Bt. 5, l ; F. 10, 16.
to make, (i) the subject a person,
to form an object out of material
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  • Hé gewyrceð helm oððe hupseax,

      Crä. 63.

  • Gewyrcean wígbord,

      B. 2337.

  • Geworht confecta (ornamentorum gloria ex ferri instrumentis

    confecta

    ,
      Ald. 8, 24), Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 28.

  • Orþoncum geworht,

      Rä. 69, 3.

  • Hwæþer þú swelces áuht wyrcan mæge oððe geworhtes habbe,

      Bt. 14, l ; F. 40, 26.
  • (a α) where the material is stated

    Ðæt hrægl scolde bión geworht of purpuran,

      Past. 83, 22.

  • Geworht of ðǽm treówe sethim,

      171, 7.

  • Of grénum áre geworht,

      Bl. H. 127, 7.

  • Beág of þornum geworht,

      Cri. 1446.

  • Of, mid feówerfealdum cynne geworhte (statuam) quaterno (metallorum) genere fabrefactam, i.

    formatam

    .
      An. Ox. 1544.

  • Mon hǽt Corrinthisce fatu ealle þe þǽr of geworhte wǽron,

      Ors. 5, 2 ; S. 216, 4.
to form from material,
prepare from ingredients
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  • Weolocas of þám bið geweorht (-worhgt, v. l.) se weolocreáda tælhg

    cocleae, quibus tinctura coccinei coloris conficitur

    ,
      Bd. 1. l; Sch. 8, 21.

  • Þeós smerenes wæs geworht of ehtaténe cynna wyrtum,

      Bl. H. 73, 20. ¶ of
    the operation of the Deity :-- God Ælmihtig ús ealle geworhte, Ll. Th. i. 370, 27.

  • Geweorhte,

      Ps. L. 94, 6.

  • Dryhten ús of dúste geworhte,

      Sal. 336.

  • Þíne handa mé geworhtan and geheówodan,

      Bl. H. 87, 32.

  • Adam wæs of eorðan geworht,

      Gen. 365.
to build, construct
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  • Þæs wyrhtan þe hié (

    a church

    ) his hand geworhte,
      Bl. H. 205, 12.
  • Hié weófod wlitelíce geworhtan and gegyredon, 6.

  • Þæt hié him tó mǽrðe burh geworhte,

      Gen. 1666.

  • Tempel mǽst þára þe manna bearn folmum geworhte,

      Exod. 396.

  • Hlǽw gewyrcean,

      B. 2802.

  • Gewyrcean tor of treówum and of mycclum beámum, Bl. H. 187, 12. Agger eorðbyre vel geworht strǽt strata vel

    delapidata

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 33.
  • (c α) of building for defence

    Gewrohte hé weall mid turfum (cf. uallum, quo ad repellendam uim hostium castra muniuntur, fit de cespitibus,

      Bd. 1. 5), Chr. 189 ; P. 9, 28.

  • Hé geworhte þá burga on ǽgþere healfe eás,

      918; P. 100, 5.

  • Hé casteles gewrohte,

      1086; P. 220, 23.
  • Hé hét gewyrcan þá burg and gesettan and gemannian, 923 ; P. 104, 7.
to work on material,
make a mark on, a hole in
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  • Nǽfre man þǽre moldan tó þæs feale ne nimeþ, ꝥ mon ǽfre þurh ꝥ mæge á þý máran dǽl on þǽm stóplum gewercean (

    make a larger cavity in the foot-prints

    ).
      Bl. H. 127, 18.
the subject a thing,
a plant, to produce by natural growth, make (as in to
make wood)
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  • Éghwelc treó gód wǽstmas góda gewyrces (bereþ ł wyrceþ, R.,

    facit). . . . Ne mæg tréuo gód wæstmas yfle gewyrca (beoran ł wyrcende, R., facere ),

    ne tré yfle góda wæstma gewyrce (beoran,
      R.), Mt. L. 7, 17, 18.
the constituent parts of a whole
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  • Twégen minuta and healf gewyrcað ánne prican, feówer prica gewyrceað áne tíd,

      Angl. viii. 318, 45.
  • Þára lima gecynd is ꝥ hí gewercað ǽnne líchoman. Bt. 34, 6 ; S. 87, 24.
of mental work that finds expression in words,
to make a book, poem, a law, stipulation
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  • Hé godspell Ebriscum stafum geworhte

    evangelium Hebraici litteris edidit

    ,
      Mt. p. 2, 8 : 8, 8.

  • Be ðám ymene þe wé be hire geworhton,

      Bd. 4, 19 ; Sch. 439, 15.

  • Þá ǽ þe heora aldoras ǽr geworhton,

      Ll. Th. i. 26, 6.

  • Níwe werc gewyrce of alde novum opus facere ex veteri, Mt. p. 1. 1, Fæstnunga from lárwum geworht

    monumenta ab auctoribus edita

    ,
      7, 5.

  • Gelǽstan eall þet hí on forewarde hæfdon ǽr ge-wroht

    to carry out all the stipulations previously made in the agreement

    ,
      Chr. 1094; P. 228, 34.
where a person is brought to a (mental) condition by the efforts of another,
to make a convert, friend, &c.
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  • Gé ymbhurfon sǽ and drýgi ꝥ gié gedóe énne . . . ; and mið ðý bið geworht

    circuitis mare et aridam ut faciatis unum proselytum; et cum fuerit factus

    ,
      Mt. L. 23, 15.

  • His geworhtne wine

    the man he had made his friend

    ,
      Seef. 115.
of mental or moral constitution,
to dispose, constitute
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  • Yrtacus, yfele geworht man,

      Hml. Th. ii. 476, 18.

  • Ne geseah hine nán man . . . mislíce geworhtne (

    of variable disposition

    ), ac on ánre ánrǽdnysse ǽfre wunigende,
      Hml. S. 31, 307.

  • Men beóð geworhte wólíce him betwýnan,

      Hml. S. 13, 295.

  • Æfter him ríxodon manega cyningas mislíce geworhte,

      18, 38 : 386.

  • Icþ á leóde wát ge wið feónd ge wið freónd fæste geworhte (

    steadfastly minded towards foe or friend

    ),
      B. 1864.
to do, make, cause an effect by effort,
bring about a result
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  • Gielde hé swá wer swá wunde swá hé gewyrce

    he must pay for death or wound according to the result of his act

    ,
      Ll. Th. i. 90, 20.
with noun as object
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  • Gif hé losuest his gewyrcað

    si detrimentum sui faciat

    ,
      Lk. L. 9, 25.

  • Sé þe þone hearm geworhte,

      Ll. Th. i. 418, 9.

  • Hé mæg ondrǽdan ðæt hé for his ǽgnum scyldum máre ierre gewyrce,

      Past. 63, 11.

  • Þí lǽs unholdan wunde gewyrcen,

      Cri. 763. ꝥ þá
    á

  • Ende gewyrcan,

      Leás. 47.

  • Ne mihton hí áwiht æt mé ǽfre gewyrcean,

      Ps. Th. 128, 1.
the object a clause
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  • ꝥ hiá sé gewyrces suno Goddes

    esse facit filios Dei

    ,
      Jn. p. 3, 3.

  • Gif hé gewyrce ꝥ hine man áfylle,

      Ll. Th. i. 170, 11 : 404, 12.
with pronoun in apposition to clause
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  • Hú geworhte ic þæt, . . . þæt ic þé ongitan ne meahte?,

      An. 922.
to do a deed, perform an action, commit a crime, an offence,
perpetrate.
absolute
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  • Béma singan swá légeras gewyrcas (

    faciunt

    ),
      Mt. L. 6, 2.

  • Swá hí geworhtan,

      Cri. 1234.

  • Gewyrca

    operari

    ,
      Jn. L. 9, 4.
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  • Ic feóndrǽs gefremede, fǽhðe geworhte,

      Gen. 900 : B. 1577.

  • Hé bécena geworhte (dyde,

      W. S.), Jn. L. R. 12, 37 : Bl. H. 219, 3.

  • Hé manslyht geworhte,

      Mk. 15, 7.

  • Sé þe ꝥ weorc geworhte,

      Ll. Th. i. 418, 13.

  • Habban leán þæs þe wé on lífe geworhtan,

      370, 21.

  • Ðaacute; scylda ðe hié wið hiene geworhton,

      Past. 343, 18.

  • Gif hé mánweorc gewyrce. Ll. Th. i. 400, 14 : 404, 16 : 312, 8: 204, 8: 80, 20: 230, 10. ꝥte ic geuyrco uoerca his

    operari opera eius

    ,
      Jn. L. 9, 4. ꝥte wé
    é

  • Hié woldon þæt hié on elþeódigum ǽt geworhton

    they meant to make a meal on the strangers

    ,
      An. 1075.

  • Ic mæg mid handum fela wundra gewyrcean,

      Gen. 280.

  • Mæht salde him dóm gewyrca (ꝥ hé móste déman,

      W. S.), Jn. L. R. 5, 27.

  • Hréunisse gewyrce

    penitentiam agere

    ,
      Mt. p. 14, 7.

  • Siþþan wé hit hátaþ wyrd, syððan hit geworht biþ,

      Bt. 39, 6; F. 220, 10.

  • Culpan womma geworhtra,

      Cri. 179.

  • Þá geworhtan synna andettan,

      Bl. H. 25, 18.
  • ¶ the subject an animal :-- Gif se hund má misdǽda gewyrce, Ll. Th. i. 78, 6.
to do what is desired or bidden,
execute an order
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  • Ic þæt hogode, þæt ic eówra leóda willan geworhte,

      B. 635.

  • Úres hláfordes wurðscipe rǽran and his willan gewyrcan,

      Ll. Th. i. 370, 9.

  • Uillo his geuyrca (dón, W. S.)

    uoluntatem ejus facere

    ,
      Jn. L. 7, 17: Hy. 3, 52.
to celebrate a festival
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  • Doeg ðe symbel mid ðý geworht wæs,

      Jn. L. 7, 14.
to bring to a condition, cause to assume a character, turn to,
subject to action.
the object a person
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  • Ic gewirce eów tó wǽdlan

    visitabo vos in egestate

      Lev. 26, 16.

  • Hé geworhte his geféran tó wealdgengum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 31. ꝥte gi-worhte hine tó cynige (tó cynge dón, W. S.)

    ut facerent eum regem

    ,
      Jn. R. L. 6, 15.

  • Mið ðý tó cyninge hine uallað dóa ł gewyrca

    cum regem eum uellent facere

    ,
      Jn. p. 4, 15.

  • Hé wæs tó manegum wítum geworht

    cum virum suppliciis se tyrannus adacturum putaret

    ,
      Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 52, 20.
the object a thing
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  • Hé geworhte þás bóc tó leóþe

    he made a metrical version of this book

    ,
      Bt. proem. ; F. viii. 9.

  • Wésten hé geworhte on wídne mere,

      Ps. Th. 106, 34.

  • Tó ánum geworhta

    made into one

    ; ad unum congestos,
      Mt. p. 10, 15.
with complementary words, noun or adj.,
to make an object so and so.
to form an object with certain characteristics
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  • His Scyppend hine swilcne geworhte,

      Angl. vii. 22, 209.

  • Þú þæt fær gewyrc fíftiges wíd elngemeta,

      Gen. 1307.

  • Ic þé swá sciénne gesceapen hæfde, wynlicne geworht,

      Cri. 1388.

  • Ǽnne hæfde hé swá swíðne geworhtne,

      Gen. 252.

  • Deádra manna byrgenna bióð oft swíðe wlitige geworhte,

      Past. 449, 7.
to cause an object to become so and so,
to change so as to have certain characteristics
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  • Hál hé gewyrcas folc his from synna hiora,

      Mt. L. l, 21.

  • Gié geworhton hiá cofa ðeáfana,

      Mk. L. R. 11, 17.

  • Nallað gé giwærcan (g[e]wyrce,

      L.)
    hús fædres mínes hús cépinge, Jn. R. 2, 16.

  • Ne mæhtú énne hér huít genirce ł blæc,

      Mt. L. R. 5, 36.

  • Sáuel his hál gewyrca,

      Lk. L. 9, 24.

  • Þú hæfst þé wið Drihten dýrne geworhtne,

      Gen. 507.
to
get by working, deserve
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  • Se gást nimeð æt Gode swá wíte swá wuldor swá him on worulde þæt eorðfæt ǽr geworhte

    the Spirit receives from God fain or paradise according to what the body has earned for it by its deeds on earth

    ,
      Seel. 8.
with noun object, to deserve good or ill,
to incur a penalty
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  • Beó se cyng ǽlces þǽra wíta wyrðe þe þá men ge-wyrcen

    the king shall be entitled to every one of the penalties that those men incur by their acts

    ,
      Ll. Th. i. 282, 17.

  • Nú hæbbe ic þíne hyldo geworhte and þínne willan gelǽst,

      Gen. 727 : 505.
with clause
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  • Sceal gleáw guma góde gewircean . . . þæt hine on ylde gewunigen wil-gesíðas,

      B. 20.

  • Earm bið sé þe wile firenum gewyrcan, þæt hé fáh scyle from his Scyppende áscyred weorðan,

      Cri. 1617.

  • Hé forsóc þone triumphan . . . and sǽde þæt hié hæfden bet gewyrht þæt him mon mid heáfe ongeán cóme þonne mid triuruphan

    triumphum suscipere recusavit, quia tantis detrimentis luctus potius debebatur

    ,
      Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 20.
with pronoun representing a clause
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  • Ús ongeán cymað þúsend engla, gif wé þider móton and þæt on eorðan ǽr gewyrcað. Sat. 303.
with infin. (?),
to succeed in doing
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  • Þæct hé gewyrce, ǽr hé on weg scyle, fremman on foldan wið feónda níð,

      Scef. 74.
Etymology
[Goth. ga-waurkjan: O. H. Ger. ge-wurchen, -wirchen : O. Sax. gi-wirkian.]
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v. un-geworht.
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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/50630.

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