Old English · verb
friend wyrcan
- Part of speech
- verb
- IPA
- /ˈfri͜yːnd ˌwyr.t͡ʃɑn/[ˈfri͜yːnd ˌwyrˠ.t͡ʃɑn]
- Syllables
- ˈfri͜yːnd · ˌwyr · t͡ʃɑn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- friends
Meaning
-
to make friends
Man wyrcþ oftor fīend þonne frīend.
You make enemies more often than friends.
late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
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