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

Declension of æcerweorc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	æcerweorc	æcerweorc
accusative	æcerweorc	æcerweorc
genitive	æcerweorces	æcerweorca
dative	æcerweorce	æcerweorcum

References

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

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