friend wyrcan
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfri͜yːnd ˌwyr.t͡ʃɑn/, [ˈfri͜yːnd ˌwyrˠ.t͡ʃɑn]
Verb
- to make friends
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
- Man wyrcþ oftor fīend þonne frīend.
- You make enemies more often than friends.
- unknown author, Vercelli Homily XVI
- Ne sċulon wē nā mid fācne ūs frīend ġewyrċan.
- We shouldn't make friends through deception.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
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