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weorc

Pronunciation: /we͜ork/

“weorc” is an Old English word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. labor
  2. a creation, such as a building or a work of art
  3. act, deed
  4. pain, travail, grief

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).

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