wark

Meanings

Noun

• Pain; ache.
• Work.
• A building.

Verb

• To be in pain; ache.

Origin

• From Middle English werk, warch, from Old English wærc, wræc, from Proto-Germanic *warkiz ("pain"), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ("to make, work, act"). Cognate with Swedish värk ("ache, pain"), Icelandic verkur ("pain"). Related to work.
• From Middle English werken, warchen, from Old English wærcan ("to be in pain"). Cognate with Swedish värka ("to ache, pain"), Icelandic verkja ("to pain"). See above.
• See work.