Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old form of
work .
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Examples
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Note 111: do si eines tages in dem werchhus sass mit werch, das got gross wunder in ir wurkte, da von si nit volsagen kundi, won das si sprach: Got der gab mir sölich empfinden vnd als gross gnád, das mich dunkt, jch hett wol aller der welt gnüg geben.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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He was standing in his turret, firing his pistol, and shouting "rucki werch!"
Panzer Aces Kurowski, Franz 1992
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M {on}. scal him solue þer bi {} clepie ⁊ bideme {n}. his aȝen werch ⁊ his þonc te witnesse he scal {t} emen. ne mei him na.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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But if he werch wel therwith, · as Do-wel hym techeth. "
English Satires Various 1885
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