wyrhta
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō; By surface analysis, wyrht (“deed”) + -a (agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwyrx.tɑ/, [ˈwyrˠx.tɑ]
Noun
wyrhta m
- worker
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
- 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
- doer
Declension
Weak:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | wyrhta | wyrhtan |
| accusative | wyrhtan | wyrhtan |
| genitive | wyrhtan | wyrhtena |
| dative | wyrhtan | wyrhtum |
Synonyms
- wyrċend (much less common)
Derived terms
- ċīeswyrhta (“cheesemaker”)
- crocwyrhta (“potter”)
- efnwyrhta (“coworker”)
- esnewyrhta (“hireling, mercenary”)
- firenwyrhta (“sinner”)
- forwyrhta (“agent, deputy”)
- frumwyrhta (“author”)
- ġewyrhta (“accomplice, coworker”)
- ġimwyrhta (“jeweler”)
- godwebwyrhta
- hrōfwyrhta (“roofer”)
- īsenwyrhta (“blacksmith”)
- lǣstwyrhta (“shoemaker”)
- lāmwyrhta (“potter”)
- lēoþwyrhta (“poet”)
- leþerwyrhta (“tanner, currier”)
- mēdwyrhta (“hireling, mercenary”)
- meterwyrhta (“poet”)
- midwyrhta (“coworker, associate”)
- morþwyrhta (“murderer”)
- nīedwyrhta (“involuntary agent”)
- sċieldwyrhta (“shield maker”)
- sċipwyrhta (“shipbuilder”)
- sċōhwyrhta (“shoemaker”)
- sealmwyrhta (“psalmist”)
- smēagwyrhta (“skilled worker, artisan”)
- stānwyrhta (“stonemason”)
- teldwyrhta (“tentmaker”)
- tiġelwyrhta (“brickmaker”)
- trēowwyrhta (“carpenter”)
- unlybwyrhta (“sorcerer”)
- unrihtwyrhta (“wrongdoer”)
- wæġnwyrhta (“wainwright”)
- weallwyrhta (“wall builder”)
- webwyrhta (“a fuller”)