heafodwærc

Old English

Etymology

From hēafod (“head”) +‎ wærċ (“pain”). Cognate with Danish hovedvark (“headache”), Swedish huvudvärk (“headache”), Icelandic höfuðverkur (“headache”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑː.fodˌwært͡ʃ/, [ˈhæ͜ɑː.vodˌwærˠt͡ʃ]

Noun

hēafodwærċ m

1. head pain, headache

Descendants

• English: headwark

References

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