Southwerk
Middle English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English Sudweca, from sūþ (“south”) + weorc (“work”).
Proper noun
editSouthwerk
- Southwark (a borough of London, England)
- c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, line LINES:
- In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay
Redy to wenden on my pilgrymage- In Southwark, at the Tabard, as I lay
Ready to go on pilgrimage and start
- In Southwark, at the Tabard, as I lay
Descendants
edit- English: Southwark