Obs. That does good, virtuous.
a. 900. Ælfred, Blooms, I. in Cockayne, Shrine (1864), 169. Ic þe halsie, ðu arfæsta, wel wilende & wel wyrcende drihten.
c. 1460. Towneley Myst., iii. 120. Thon was alway well wirkand, to me trew as stele.