warkand

Scots

Alternative forms

• werkand, wirkand, workand, wourkand, vorkand

Etymology

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”) (English wark).

Adjective

warkand (comparative mair warkand, superlative maist warkand)

1. (obsolete) painful