[ weorc] (e, o) n. ‘work,’ labour, action, deed, CP: exercise: (†) affliction, suffering, pain, trouble, distress (v. JAW 52). weorcum with difficulty: fortification.

[ +weorc] n. work, workmanship, labour, construction: structure, edifice, Æ: military work, fortification.

weorcan = [wyrcan]

[ weorccræft] m. mechanics, OEG 556.

[ weorcdǣd] (oe1, ē2) f. action, operation, DR 12518.

[ weorcdæg] m. work-day.

[ weorce] I. † adj. painful, bitter, difficult hard.

[II.] adv. hardly, with difficulty.

[ weorcern] n. workshop.

[ weorcful] active, Sc 1691.