Old English Dictionary Entry

Wyrcend

Part of speech: es ; Related words: efen- , fore- , wín-wyrcend

Definitions

1 definitions

1 wyrcend

m. I. a worker, labourer. and wyrcan, I. II. a maker. similes illis fiant qui faciunt ea, Ps. Th. 113, 17. III. a doer. facientes praevaricationes odivi, Ps. Th. 100, 3.

Similar Words

-wacnian
-wamb
-wand
-wandigendlíce
-wandodlíc

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚣᚱᚳᛖᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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