forwyrhta
Old English
Etymology
From for- + wyrhta (“worker, maker”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈforˌwyrx.tɑ/, [ˈforˌwyrˠx.tɑ]
Noun
forwyrhta m
- an agent, one who does something for another
Declension
Weak:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | forwyrhta | forwyrhtan |
| accusative | forwyrhtan | forwyrhtan |
| genitive | forwyrhtan | forwyrhtena |
| dative | forwyrhtan | forwyrhtum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “for-wyrhta”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.