dægweorc

Old English

Alternative forms
  • dæġƿeorc

Etymology

From dæġ + weorc

Noun

dæġweorc

  1. A day's work
    Him mihtig God ðæs dægweorces deóp leán forgeald: the mighty God recompensed to him a high reward for that day's work.
    Ðætte he ðæt dægweorc dreóre gebohte: that he bought that day's work with blood.

References
  • dæġweorc in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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