weorc

Meaning

1. work, in various senses, including:; labor

   Þā ēode sē prēost eft tō his weorce.

   Then the priest went back to his work.

   c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints

2. work, in various senses, including:; a creation, such as a building or a work of art

   On ðām forman dæġe ūre drihten ġesċeōp seofonfealde weorc, ðæt wǣron ealle englas, and ðǣs lēohtes anġin, and ðæt antimber ðe hē of ġesċeōp syððan ġesċeafta, ðā upplīċan heofenan and ðā nyðerlīċan eorðan, ealle wætersċypas, and ða widgillan sǣ, and ðæt uppliċe lyft, eall on anū dæġe.

   On the first day our Lord created seven works, which were: all of the angels; the beginning of light; the substance from which he later made all the creatures; the high heavens; the low earth; all the bodies of water; the wide ocean; and the lofty sky, all in a single day.

   c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham, transl., Hexameron of St. Basil:

3. work, in various senses, including:; act, deed

   Weorc sprecaþ swīðor þonne word.

   Actions speak louder than words.

4. pain, travail, grief

Declension