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Old English Dictionary Entry

Wyrcness

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1 wyrcness

f. I. work, labour, operation. operationes) in wætrum miclum, Ps. Surt. 106, 23. II. working, doing, operation. operatio) sí gelýfed Gode andfenge, Bd. 2, 2 ; S. 502, 23. His geearnunge oft ðurh godcunde wyrcnesse (operationem) mid miclum mægenum scínaþ, 3, 19; S. 550, 16. Ða ðe lǽrdon ǽnne willan and áne wyrcnesse beón on Drihtne Hǽlende, 5, 19; S. 639, 34. II a. working, performance of something :-- Wyrcnes heofonlícra mægena operatio virtutum, Bd. 1, 7 ; S. 479, 9. Mid wuudra wyrcnesse, 2, 3 ; S. 505, 1 : 3, 13; S. 538, 39. wyrcness
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚣᚱᚳᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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