æcerweorc

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

æcerweorc n

1. fieldwork, agricultural labour

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	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^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.