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† i-ˈwurche, i-werche, v. Obs. pa. tense iworhte, iwrohte, iwroughte. [OE. ᵹewyrc(e)an (= OS. giwirkjan, OHG. gawurchan, giwircan, MHG. gewirken, Goth. gawaurkjan), f. ᵹe-, i-1 + wyrc(e)an: see work v.] trans. To work; to make; to do.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xxxiv. §6 Þara lima ᵹecynd is þæt hi ᵹewercað ænne lichoman. 971Blickl. Hom. 187 Het Neron ᵹewyrcean mycelne tor of treowum. c1000Ags. Ps. (Th.) lxxvi. 11 Þu eart ana God, þe æᵹhwylc miht wundor ᵹewyrcean. a1175Cott. Hom. 223 Uton ȝewurcan man to ure anlicnesse. c1205Lay. 3879 Remus & Romulus Rome iwrohten. Ibid. 17623 Passen at seint Deowi sorȝen iworhte. Ibid. 28995 Sexisce men..seiden þat heo wolden wið hine grið iwurchen. a1250Prov. ælfred 130 in O.E. Misc. 110 Bute he him of frumþe freond iwrche [v.r. bote he him fremede frend y-werche]. c1374Chaucer Troylus iii. 212 (261) Neuere I þis for coveytice Iwroughte. |