Eald-gewyrht

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

eald-gewyrht

Substitute: I. what has been done of old, a deed of old :-- Wuldres beám þe God on þrowode for mancynnes manegum synnum and for Adames ealdgewyrhtum, Kr. 1100. II. what has been deserved of old, desert for deeds of old :-- Ic wát geare þæt nǽron ealdgewyrht þæt hé ána scyle gnorn þrowian I know well that for past deeds he has not deserved to suffer sorrow alone, B. 2657. eald-gewyrht