n. I. work, forming, II. I. ¶ :-- Gewyrce plastica (in rerum visibilium plastica, Ald. 75, 34), Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 35. II. what is got by work, profit, perquisite, XII :-- Ǣhteswān gebyred stīfearh, and his gewirce donne hē spic behworfen hæfd, Ll. Th. i. 436, 23. Gȳme swān ꝥ hē æfter sticunge his slyhtswȳn wel behweorfe, sæncge; donne bid hē ful wel gewyrces wyrde, 17. [The nature of the perquisite may be illustrated from later documents. The swineherd of Glastonbury Abbey received as perquisite one sucking-pig a year, the entrails of the best pig, and the tails of all the others which were slaughtered in the Abbey, Goth. ga-waurki negotium; quaestus, lucrum : O. H. Ger. ge-wurchi operatio, textus: cf. Icel. yrki work: O. Sax. gi-wirki.] ge-wyrce