Old English · noun
wyrhta
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈwyrx.tɑ/[ˈwyrˠx.tɑ]
- Syllables
- ˈwyrx · tɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- workerwrightdoermaker
Meaning
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worker
Mīne ġebroðra, behealdað ēowere ðēawas, and ġif ġē ġȳt Godes wyrhtan sind, sċeawiað.
My brothers, behold your conduct, and examine if you are yet God's workers.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church -
maker
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doer
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō; By surface analysis, wyrht (“deed”) + -a (agentive suffix).
Descendants
wright
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