For-wyrhta

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - for-wyrhta

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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for-wyrhta
m. [for for, wyrhta a workman] One who does anything for another, an agent, vicegerent; instĭtor, procūrātor :-- Ðe nǽnne forwyrhtan næfde who had no agent, L. Ath. he who had not such a prosperous vicegerent, swore for himself, L. R. 4; Th. i. 192, 5. for-wyrhta

Related words: 2; Th. i. 230, 20. Se ðe swá geþogenne forwyrhtan næfde, swóre for sylfne

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