æcerweorc

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *akrawerką. Equivalent to æcer (“field”) +‎ weorc (“work”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæ.kerˌwe͜ork/, [ˈæ.kerˌwe͜orˠk]

Noun

æcerweorc n

fieldwork, agricultural labour

Declension

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References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “æcerweorc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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