forwyrcan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to work wrongfully, do wrong, sin
- to destroy through wrongful working; work up or away
- to forfeit, lose by evildoing
- to be guilty
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *frawurkijaną prefix from Old English wyrċan.
Origin
Old English
wyrċan
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- verwirken German
- wirken German
- *frawurkijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wurkijaną Proto-Germanic
- awyrcan Old English
- bewyrcan Old English
- efenwyrcan Old English
- forwerċan Old English
- gewyrcan Old English
- oferwyrcan Old English
- wyrcend Old English
- wyrcung Old English
- wyrċan Old English
- werken Middle English
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic