wark

wark · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*werǵ-“to make, work, act”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*warkiz“pain”
3. Old English · inherited fromwærc
4. Middle English · inherited fromwerk
5. English todaywark

From Middle English werk, warch, from Old English wærc, wræc (“pain, suffering, anguish”), from Proto-Germanic *warkiz (“pain”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to make, work, act”). Cognate with Swedish värk (“ache, pain”), Icelandic verkur (“pain”). Related to work.

wark · verb²

1. Old English · inherited fromwærcan“to be in pain”
2. Middle English · inherited fromwerken
3. English todaywark

From Middle English werken, warchen, from Old English wærcan (“to be in pain”). Cognate with Swedish värka (“to ache, pain”), Icelandic verkja (“to pain”). See above.

wark · noun³

See work.

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