Wyrhte

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wyrhte

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (?), an; Related words:

Definitions

1 wyrhte

f. A female worker, in cýs-wyrhte :-- Be cýswyrhte. Cýswyrhtan gebyreþ hundred cýse, and ðæt heó buteran macige, L. R. S. 16; Th. i. 438, 30. [O. H. Ger. wurhta.] wyrhte

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚣᚱᚻᛏᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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