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wærc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wærc, wræc, es; m.
Wark (in Northern dialects), ache, pain
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  • Mé sár gehrán, wærc in gewód,

      Exon. Th. 163, 29; Gú. 1001.
  • Seó reádnes and bryne ðæs swyles and wærces

    rubor tumoris ardorque,

      Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 31.
  • Wið magan wærce . . . Wið wambe wærce,

      Lchdm. ii. 318, 4, 15: 356, 19, 22.
  • From wærc deáðes

    a dolore mortis,

      Jn. Skt. p. 2, 3.
  • Wærco ł ádla

    dolorum,

      Mt. Kmbl. 24, 8.
  • Wærcco, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 8.

    The word occurs mostly in compounds,

    v. bán- (Wrt.
      Voc. ii. 128, 83), blǽder- (Lchdm. ii. 320, 3), breóst- (Lchdm. ii. 4, 23), ceol- (Lchdm. ii. 312, 2),
    cneó-, eág-, eár-, felle-, fylle-, fót-, heáfod-, heals- (Lchdm. ii. 312, 5), heort-, lenden-, lifer-, liþ-, milte-, rysel- (Lchdm. ii. 318, 15), sculdor-, síd-, stic-, sweor-, tóþ-, þeóh-, þeór-wærc (-wræc).
Etymology
[On eðelich stiche, oðer on eðelic eche (oðer warch, MS. T.), A. R. 282, 12. For evel and werke in bledder, Rel. Ant. i. 51, 34: Icel. verkr: Dan. værk.]
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v.  breóst-wærc wræc.
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