on weorce

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /on ˈwe͜or.ke/, [on ˈwe͜orˠ.ke]

Prepositional phrase

on weorce

1. at work
   • c. 973, Æthelwold, translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict

     Sē twelfta stepe ēaðmōdnesse is ġif munuc biþ ǣġhwǣr ēaðmōd eallum þām þe hine on lōciaþ, ġe on weorce, ġe on ġebēdhūse, ġe innan mynstre, ġe on wyrttūne, ġe on fare, ġe on æcre.

     The twelfth level of humility is if a monk is humble everywhere to anyone who looks at him, whether at work, in the oratory, in the monastery, in the garden, on a journey, or in the field.