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Old English · verb

gewyrcan

Normalised ġewyrċan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/jeˈwyr.t͡ʃɑn/
[jeˈwyrˠ.t͡ʃɑn]
Syllables
je · ˈwyr · t͡ʃɑn (3 syllables)

Meaning

  1. to do, carry out (together)

  2. to make, build (together)

  3. to make into

    Seo eahteoðe leahter is superbia gehaten þæt is on ænglisc modigynss gecweden. Seo is ord and ende ælcere synne. Seo geworhte englas to atelicum deoflum...

    The eighth sin is called Superbia that is called Pride, in English, which is the beginning and end of every sin; it made angels into horrible devils,...

    late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"
  4. to cause, accomplish (together)

  5. to work, form, dispose, succeed in doing, get by working; produce

    Þis syndon þā dōmas ðe Hloþhære ⁊ Ēadrīc, Cantwara cyningas, asetton. Hloþhære ⁊ Ēadrīc, Cantwara cyningas, ēcton þā ǣ, þā ðe heora aldoras ǣr ġeworhten, ðyssum dōmum þe hȳr efter sæġeþ.

    These are the laws that Hlothhere and Eadric, kings of Kent, laid down. Hlothhere and Eadric, kings of Kent, added these laws listed hereafter to the laws their ancestors created.

    Laws of Hlothhere and Eadric

Conjugation

Conjugation of gewyrcan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġewyrċeġeworhte
2nd singular ġewyrċestġewyrcstġeworhtest
3rd singular ġewyrċeþġewyrcþġeworhte
Plural ġewyrċaþġeworhton
Subjunctive
Singular ġewyrċeġeworhte
Plural ġewyrċenġeworhten
Non-finite forms of gewyrcan
Form
Infinitive ġewyrċan
Inflected infinitive ġewyrċenne
Imperative singular ġewyrċ
Imperative plural ġewyrċaþ
Present participle ġewyrċende
Past participle ġeworht

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gawirkijan. Equivalent to ġe- + wyrċan.

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