weorc

== Old English == === Alternative forms === worc — Northumbrian, West Saxon werc, wærc — Mercian === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom. Cognate with Old Frisian werk, Old Saxon werk, Old High German wërk, Old Norse verk. Non-Germanic cognates include Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /we͜ork/, [we͜orˠk] Rhymes: -e͜ork === Noun === weorc n work, in various senses, including: labor c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies a creation, such as a building or a work of art act, deed pain, travail, grief ==== Usage notes ==== Occasionally appears to carry the sense "pain," but these instances are probably the result of scribal confusion by West Saxons unfamiliar with the Anglian word wærċ. ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== handġeweorc wyrċan (“to work”) wyrhta (“worker”) ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: werk, weork, werc, werch, werck, wirk, werrc, weorrc (Ormulum), warc, wark, warke, werke, wirche, wirke, wyrk (especially Late Middle English), worc, worch, work, wurch (chiefly Essex, Gloucestershire, Southern)English: workGeordie: warkMiddle Scots: wark, werk, workScots: warkYola: woork ==== References ====