swark
North Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swerką / *gaswerką. Related to Old English gesweorc (“cloud, mist, smoke”). Also related to Old Frisian swerka and Old English sweorcan (“to become dark, obscured, gloomy”), from *swerkaną.
Noun
swark n (plural swarken)
- (Föhr-Amrum) cloud (containing rain), raincloud
- jonk swarken
- dark clouds/rainclouds
- jonk swarken
See also
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