"wærc" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Old English]

IPA: /wært͡ʃ/, [wærˠt͡ʃ]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *warkiz (“ache, pain”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-, *wreǵ- (“to work, act”). Cognate with Old Norse verkr (“pain”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*warkiz||ache, pain}} Proto-Germanic *warkiz (“ache, pain”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*werǵ-}} Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-, {{cog|non|verkr||pain}} Old Norse verkr (“pain”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=wærċ|head2=|sort=}} wærċ m, {{ang-noun|m|head=wærċ}} wærċ m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-i-m|wærċ}}, {{ang-decl-noun|wærċ|wærċas|wærċ|wærċas|wærċes|wærċa|wærċe|wærċum|num=|title=|type=strong i-stem}} Forms: wærċ [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], wærċ [nominative, singular], wærċas [nominative, plural], wærċ [accusative, singular], wærċas [accusative, plural], wærċes [genitive, singular], wærċa [genitive, plural], wærċe [dative, singular], wærċum [dative, plural], werċ [alternative], wræċ [alternative]
  1. pain; ache
    Sense id: en-wærc-ang-noun-3pOhYEgD Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
  2. suffering; anguish; grief
    Sense id: en-wærc-ang-noun-tQQzMYws Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bānwærċ, brēostwærċ, endewærċ, hēafodwærċ
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bānwærċ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "brēostwærċ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "endewærċ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hēafodwærċ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "warch",
            "3": "wark",
            "4": "werk"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: warch, wark, werk",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "verkr"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse verkr",
          "name": "cog"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: warch, wark, werk (unassibilated forms due to influence from Old Norse verkr)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "wark"
          },
          "expansion": "English: wark",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: wark"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "werk",
            "3": "wark"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "werċ",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "wræċ",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "g3": "",
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        "sort": ""
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "head": "wærċ"
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        "6": "wærċa",
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        "8": "wærċum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong i-stem"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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      ],
      "id": "en-wærc-ang-noun-3pOhYEgD",
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          "pain",
          "pain"
        ],
        [
          "ache",
          "ache"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        "suffering; anguish; grief"
      ],
      "id": "en-wærc-ang-noun-tQQzMYws",
      "links": [
        [
          "suffering",
          "suffering"
        ],
        [
          "anguish",
          "anguish"
        ],
        [
          "grief",
          "grief"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wært͡ʃ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[wærˠt͡ʃ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wærc"
}
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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English i-stem nouns",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English masculine nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "bānwærċ"
    },
    {
      "word": "brēostwærċ"
    },
    {
      "word": "endewærċ"
    },
    {
      "word": "hēafodwærċ"
    }
  ],
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
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          },
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        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
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      ],
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    },
    {
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "werk",
            "3": "wark"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wærċe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wærċum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werċ",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wræċ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "4": "",
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      ],
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          "suffering",
          "suffering"
        ],
        [
          "anguish",
          "anguish"
        ],
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          "grief",
          "grief"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/wært͡ʃ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[wærˠt͡ʃ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wærc"
}

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