"weorc" meaning in Old English

See weorc in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /we͜ork/, [we͜orˠk]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc From Proto-West Germanic *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom. Cognate with Old Frisian werk, Old Saxon werk, Old High German werk, Old Norse verk. Non-Germanic cognates include Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon). Etymology templates: {{etymon|ang|inh|gmw-pro>*werk>work|id=work|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc, {{dercat|ang|gmw-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*werk}} Proto-West Germanic *werk, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*werką}} Proto-Germanic *werką, {{inh|ang|ine-pro|*wérǵom}} Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom, {{cog|ofs|werk}} Old Frisian werk, {{cog|osx|werk}} Old Saxon werk, {{cog|goh|werk}} Old High German werk, {{cog|non|verk}} Old Norse verk, {{cog|grc|ἔργον}} Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} weorc n, {{ang-noun|n}} weorc n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|weorc}}, {{ang-decl-noun|weorc|weorc|weorc|weorc|weorces|weorca|weorce|weorcum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: strong [table-tags], weorc [nominative, singular], weorc [nominative, plural], weorc [accusative, singular], weorc [accusative, plural], weorces [genitive, singular], weorca [genitive, plural], weorce [dative, singular], weorcum [dative, plural]
  1. work, in various senses, including:
    labor
    Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-weorc-ang-noun-s2zyAfwB Categories (other): Old English entries with etymology trees, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with etymology trees: 61 16 23 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 76 10 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 17 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 12 14
  2. work, in various senses, including:
    a creation, such as a building or a work of art
    Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-weorc-ang-noun-7rAfqvXx
  3. work, in various senses, including:
    act, deed
    Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-weorc-ang-noun-gd0vy5Qs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: worc — Northumbrian, West Saxon, werc, wærc [Mercian] Related terms: handġeweorc, wyrċan (english: to work), wyrhta (english: worker)
Derived forms: andweorc [material], æcerweorc (english: fieldwork), bōcweorc (english: literary work, study), cræftweorc (english: skilled labor), dæġweorc (english: a day's work), ġeweorc (english: work), handweorc (english: manual labor), inweorc (english: indoor work), on weorce (english: at work), stānweorc (english: stonework), þēowweorc (english: slave work), weorccræft [mechanics, mechanical-engineering, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], weorcdæġ (english: workday), weorchūs (english: workshop), weorcstān [stone, masonry, construction, manufacturing, business], weorcsum (english: laborious), weorcwierþe (english: qualified, able-bodied), weorcþēow (english: work-slave)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "material"
      ],
      "word": "andweorc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "fieldwork",
      "word": "æcerweorc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "literary work, study",
      "word": "bōcweorc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "skilled labor",
      "word": "cræftweorc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "a day's work",
      "word": "dæġweorc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "work",
      "word": "ġeweorc"
    },
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      "english": "manual labor",
      "word": "handweorc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "indoor work",
      "word": "inweorc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "at work",
      "word": "on weorce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "stonework",
      "word": "stānweorc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "slave work",
      "word": "þēowweorc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        "mechanical-engineering",
        "engineering",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "weorccræft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "workday",
      "word": "weorcdæġ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "workshop",
      "word": "weorchūs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        "for building"
      ],
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        "stone",
        "masonry",
        "construction",
        "manufacturing",
        "business"
      ],
      "word": "weorcstān"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "laborious",
      "word": "weorcsum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "qualified, able-bodied",
      "word": "weorcwierþe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "work-slave",
      "word": "weorcþēow"
    }
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
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    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian werk",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon werk",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Old High German werk",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse verk",
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    {
      "args": {
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "weorc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "weorc",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "weorc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "weorces",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "weorca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorce",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorcum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "weorc n",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "weorc n",
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    }
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "5": "weorces",
        "6": "weorca",
        "7": "weorce",
        "8": "weorcum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "handġeweorc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to work",
      "word": "wyrċan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "worker",
      "word": "wyrhta"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 12 14",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Then the priest went back to his work.",
          "text": "c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints\nÞā ēode sē prēost eft tō his weorce.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "If then it ever happen that thou shalt find thyself full whole and full strong, and hast all thy friends with thee, both in mind and in body, and in that same work and in that same will which pleaseth thee best to do, wilt thou then be happy at all?",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies\nGyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "work, in various senses, including:",
        "labor"
      ],
      "id": "en-weorc-ang-noun-s2zyAfwB",
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "labor",
          "labor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "work, in various senses, including:",
        "a creation, such as a building or a work of art"
      ],
      "id": "en-weorc-ang-noun-7rAfqvXx",
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        [
          "work",
          "work"
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        [
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          "creation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Actions speak louder than words.",
          "text": "Weorc sprecaþ swīðor þonne word.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "work, in various senses, including:",
        "act, deed"
      ],
      "id": "en-weorc-ang-noun-gd0vy5Qs",
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        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "deed",
          "deed"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/we͜ork/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[we͜orˠk]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "worc — Northumbrian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "West Saxon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "werc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Mercian"
      ],
      "word": "wærc"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weorc"
}
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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English neuter a-stem nouns",
    "Old English neuter nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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    {
      "tags": [
        "material"
      ],
      "word": "andweorc"
    },
    {
      "english": "fieldwork",
      "word": "æcerweorc"
    },
    {
      "english": "literary work, study",
      "word": "bōcweorc"
    },
    {
      "english": "skilled labor",
      "word": "cræftweorc"
    },
    {
      "english": "a day's work",
      "word": "dæġweorc"
    },
    {
      "english": "work",
      "word": "ġeweorc"
    },
    {
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      "word": "handweorc"
    },
    {
      "english": "indoor work",
      "word": "inweorc"
    },
    {
      "english": "at work",
      "word": "on weorce"
    },
    {
      "english": "stonework",
      "word": "stānweorc"
    },
    {
      "english": "slave work",
      "word": "þēowweorc"
    },
    {
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        "mechanics",
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        "engineering",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "weorccræft"
    },
    {
      "english": "workday",
      "word": "weorcdæġ"
    },
    {
      "english": "workshop",
      "word": "weorchūs"
    },
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        "for building"
      ],
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        "stone",
        "masonry",
        "construction",
        "manufacturing",
        "business"
      ],
      "word": "weorcstān"
    },
    {
      "english": "laborious",
      "word": "weorcsum"
    },
    {
      "english": "qualified, able-bodied",
      "word": "weorcwierþe"
    },
    {
      "english": "work-slave",
      "word": "weorcþēow"
    }
  ],
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          "args": {
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
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    }
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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      },
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    },
    {
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      },
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "strong",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "weorc",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "nominative",
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    },
    {
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    {
      "form": "weorc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorces",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorce",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorcum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "weorc n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "weorc n",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "weorc"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "weorc",
        "2": "weorc",
        "3": "weorc",
        "4": "weorc",
        "5": "weorces",
        "6": "weorca",
        "7": "weorce",
        "8": "weorcum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "handġeweorc"
    },
    {
      "english": "to work",
      "word": "wyrċan"
    },
    {
      "english": "worker",
      "word": "wyrhta"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Then the priest went back to his work.",
          "text": "c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints\nÞā ēode sē prēost eft tō his weorce.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "If then it ever happen that thou shalt find thyself full whole and full strong, and hast all thy friends with thee, both in mind and in body, and in that same work and in that same will which pleaseth thee best to do, wilt thou then be happy at all?",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies\nGyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "work, in various senses, including:",
        "labor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "labor",
          "labor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "work, in various senses, including:",
        "a creation, such as a building or a work of art"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "creation",
          "creation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Actions speak louder than words.",
          "text": "Weorc sprecaþ swīðor þonne word.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "work, in various senses, including:",
        "act, deed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "deed",
          "deed"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/we͜ork/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[we͜orˠk]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "worc — Northumbrian"
    },
    {
      "word": "West Saxon"
    },
    {
      "word": "werc"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mercian"
      ],
      "word": "wærc"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weorc"
}

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