Old English · noun

wærc

Normalised wærċ

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong i-stem
IPA: /wært͡ʃ/
[wærˠt͡ʃ]
Syllables: wært͡ʃ (1 syllable)
Modern English: warch wark pain ache anguish suffering

Meaning

pain; ache
suffering; anguish; grief

Declension

Declension of wærc
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	wærċ	wærċas
Accusative	wærċ	wærċas
Genitive	wærċes	wærċa
Dative	wærċe	wærċum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *warki, from Proto-Germanic *warkiz (“ache, pain”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-, *wreǵ- (“to work, act”). Cognate with Old Norse verkr (“pain”).

Descendants

warch, wark

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