wark

English

Etymology 1

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

Noun

wark (plural warks)

1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Pain; ache.

Derived terms

• bellywark
• headwark

Etymology 2

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.

Verb

wark (third-person singular simple present warks, present participle warking, simple past and past participle warked)

1. (intransitive) To be in pain; ache.

Etymology 3

See work.

Noun

wark (plural warks)

1. (obsolete, chiefly Scotland) A building.

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Kashubian

Noun

wark m

1. business
2. profession

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Scots

Noun

wark (plural warks)

1. work