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§43; §106; §112; §220; §240; §263; §534;
Dele at end' fore-, in- (Exon. Th. 337, 21; Gn. Ex. 68)', and
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  • Gebiddan neód ys and weorcean orare necesse est et operari, Scint. 35, 3. (2 a) add :-- Wíngeard wyrcan blíðnysse líf getácnað

    vindemiare, hilaritatem uitę significat,

      Lch. iii. 212, I.
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  • Weg þú weortest on sǽ

    uiam fecisti in mari,

      Ps. L. Lind. 242, 20.

  • Byrgenne swelce hiera þeáw wæs þæt mon rícum monnum bufan eorðan of stánum worhte,

      Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, 5.

  • Wyrtgemang wyrcan, Gr. D. 318, 3. (l a β) add :-- Ǽgwilc treíw gód gódne wæstmas bereþ ł wyrceþ

    omnis arbor bona fructus bonos facit,

      Mt. R. 7, 17.

  • Hwílum wyrmas heortcoþe wyrceað, Lch. ii. 176, 13. (l b) add :-- Fíf hund and feówer and syxtig atomi wyrcað án momentum . . . syx tída wyrcað ánne fýrðling, and feówer fýrðlingas wyrcað ánne dæg, and seofon dagas áne wucan, Angl. viii. 318, 43-319, i. (l c β) :-- Ne wyrce gé mínes fæder hús tó mangunghúse

    nolite facere domum patris mei domum negotiationis.

      Jn. 2, 16.
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  • Weorc ꝥ þe þú wercende wǽre ł weorhtest

    opus quad operatus es,

      Ps. L. 43, 2.
to work, produce an effect, have influence
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  • Hond sceal heófod in wyrcan the head must work upon (or

    influence) the hand,

      Gn. Ex. 68.
  • v. brycg-, samod-wyrcende.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/60876.

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