Southwerk

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English Sudweca, from sūþ (“south”) + weorc (“work”).

Proper noun

Southwerk

1. Southwark (a borough of London, England)
   • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, line LINES:

     In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay
     Redy to wenden on my pilgrymage

     In Southwark, at the Tabard, as I lay
     Ready to go on pilgrimage and start

Descendants

• English: Southwark