swark

North Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swerką / *gaswerką. Related to Old English ġesweorc (“cloud, mist, smoke”). Also related to Old Frisian swerka and Old English sweorcan (“to become dark, obscured, gloomy”), from *swerkaną.

Noun

swark n (plural swarken)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) cloud (containing rain), raincloud

   jonk swarken

   dark clouds/rainclouds

See also

• wolk