warkand
Scots edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English warkande, werkande, warchond, present participle of warken, werken, warchen (“to pain”), from Old English wærcan (“to be in pain”), from wærc, wræc (“pain, suffering, anguish”), from Proto-West Germanic *warki, from Proto-Germanic *warkiz (“pain”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to work, make”), equivalent to wark + -and. Compare English wark.
Adjective edit
warkand (comparative mair warkand, superlative maist warkand)