wyrcan

Meaning

1. to make

   Saga mē, hū lange worhte man Noes earce?

   Tell me, how long were they making Noe's ark?

   The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn

2. to work

   Ān and fīftiġ. Be þām ġebrōðrum þe feorr fram ċirican wyrċaþ.

   51. On the brothers who work far from church.

   c. 973, Æthelwold, translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict

3. to make a gesture

   ...ðā ðā hǣðenan āhēowon þæt trēow mid ormǣtre blisse, þæt hit brastliende sāh tō ðām hālgan were, hetelīċe swīðe. Þā worhte hē onġēan ðām hrēosendum trēowe þǣs Hǣlendes rōde tācn, and hit ðǣrrihte ætstōd, wende ðā onġēan, and hrēas underbæc, and fornēan offēoll ðā ðe hit ǣr forcurfon.

   Then the heathens cut down the tree with great joy, so that, rustling, it fell towards the holy man very violently. Then he made the sign of the Savior's cross to the falling tree, and it immediately stood still, turned around, and fell backwards, and almost fell upon those who had previously cut it.

   Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Conjugation