heafodwærc

== Old English == === Etymology === From hēafod (“head”) +‎ wærċ (“pain”). Cognate with Danish hovedvark (“headache”), Swedish huvudvärk (“headache”), Icelandic höfuðverkur (“headache”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑː.fodˌwært͡ʃ/, [ˈhæ͜ɑː.vodˌwærˠt͡ʃ] === Noun === hēafodwærċ m head pain, headache ==== Descendants ==== English: headwark === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “heáfod-wærc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.