dægweorc

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dagawerką. Equivalent to dæġ (“day”) +‎ weorc (“work”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæjˌwe͜ork/, [ˈdæjˌwe͜orˠk]

Noun

dæġweorc n

1. a day's work

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	dæġweorc	dæġweorc
accusative	dæġweorc	dæġweorc
genitive	dæġweorces	dæġweorca
dative	dæġweorce	dæġweorcum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “dæġweorc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.