† swerkv.

Forms: In Old English sweorcan (see etymology), Middle English swærken, past tense plural swurken.

Etymology: Old English sweorcan, past tense swearc, *swurcon, past participle -sworcen = Old Saxon swerkan to become sad, past participle gisworkan clouded, darkened (literal and figurative), Low German in past participle sworken and besworken, -ed clouded, Old High German swercan to become dark or gloomy (literal and figurative), < Germanic root swerk- (:swark-, swurk-), whence also Old English gesweorc cloud, swearcian to be darkened, Old Saxon giswerk darkness, (Middle) Low German swerk, swark dark clouds, sorrow, grief, Middle Dutch gheswerc, swerc (Dutch zwerk) clouds, cloudy sky, Old High German giswerc, kisworc dark clouds, and Old English áswarcan, ‘tabescere’, ásweorcan ‘elanguere’, áswarcod ‘reveritus’; ulterior connections undetermined.

Obsolete.

intransitive. To be or become dark; in Old English often, to become gloomy, troubled, or sad.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > become dark [verb (intransitive)]

a-thesterc885

thestera900

swerkOE

darken?a1300

dima1300

therkc1300

murkc1330

darka1393

mirkena1400

formirkenc1430

obscure?a1513

cloud1598

darkle1823

OE Andreas (1932) 372 Wedercandel swearc, windas weoxon, wægas grundon, streamas styryedon, strengas gurron, wædo gewætte.

OE Beowulf 1737 Ne him inwitsorh on sefan sweorceð.

a1000 Boeth. Metr. iii. 2 & hu grundleasum seaðe swinceð þæt sweorcende mod.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10993 Þenne swelleð þe mære and swærkeð þa vðen.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 5974 Swurken [c1300 Otho þirkede] vnder sunnen sweorte weolcnen.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	swerk
释义	† swerkv. Forms: In Old English sweorcan (see etymology), Middle English swærken, past tense plural swurken. Etymology: Old English sweorcan, past tense swearc, swurcon, past participle -sworcen* = Old Saxon swerkan to become sad, past participle gisworkan clouded, darkened (literal and figurative), Low German in past participle sworken and besworken, -ed clouded, Old High German swercan to become dark or gloomy (literal and figurative), < Germanic root swerk- (:swark-, swurk-), whence also Old English gesweorc cloud, swearcian to be darkened, Old Saxon giswerk darkness, (Middle) Low German swerk, swark dark clouds, sorrow, grief, Middle Dutch gheswerc, swerc (Dutch zwerk) clouds, cloudy sky, Old High German giswerc, kisworc dark clouds, and Old English áswarcan, ‘tabescere’, ásweorcan ‘elanguere’, áswarcod ‘reveritus’; ulterior connections undetermined. Obsolete. intransitive. To be or become dark; in Old English often, to become gloomy, troubled, or sad. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > become dark [verb (intransitive)] a-thesterc885 thestera900 swerkOE darken?a1300 dima1300 therkc1300 murkc1330 darka1393 mirkena1400 formirkenc1430 obscure?a1513 cloud1598 darkle1823 OE Andreas (1932) 372 Wedercandel swearc, windas weoxon, wægas grundon, streamas styryedon, strengas gurron, wædo gewætte. OE Beowulf 1737 Ne him inwitsorh on sefan sweorceð. a1000 Boeth. Metr. iii. 2 & hu grundleasum seaðe swinceð þæt sweorcende mod. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10993 Þenne swelleð þe mære and swærkeð þa vðen. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 5974 Swurken [c1300 Otho þirkede] vnder sunnen sweorte weolcnen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.OE
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