Méd-wyrhta

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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méd-wyrhta

m. A hireling, worker for pay, mercenary :-- Médwyrhta (mercennarius) ys sé þe stówe hyrdes healt, ac gestreón sáwla ná sécð, Scint. 123, 13. Médwyrhtena lixarum, An. Ox. 4, 24. med-wyrhta