þeowweorc
Old English
noun
Definitions
- servile work, work done by a slave
Etymology
Compound from Old English þēow (slave, servant, minister) + Old English weorc (work).
Origin
Old English
weorc
Gloss
work
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
働
Emoji
✂️ 🏗️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *werką Proto-Germanic
- *þewaz Proto-Germanic
- Wealhþeow Old English
- andweorc Old English
- ciricsceattweorc Old English
- dægweorc Old English
- geweorc Old English
- handweorc Old English
- weorc Old English
- weorcmann Old English
- weorcræden Old English
- weorcsum Old English
- æcerweorc Old English
- þeowboren Old English
- þeowdom Old English
- þeowen Old English
- þēow Old English
- thew Middle English