wark

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I like to be paid for my wark, an' I like to be paid weel: but no a plack by siclike (beyond such) sall stick to my loof (palm).

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  1. from Middle English werk, warch, from Anglo-Saxon wærc (= Icelandic verkr), pain.
  2. from Middle English werken, warchen, from Anglo-Saxon wærcian (= Icelandic verkja, virkja), pain: see wark, n.
 

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