(a) To engage in physical labor, work hard, toil; also fig.; ~ and (ne) sweten, sweten and (nor, or) ~; ppl. swinkinge, working, toiling; also, as noun: those who labor; (b) to perform (labor), engage in (toil); (c) to work for one's sustenance; ~ and sweten, sweten and ~; ~ after (for), work for (food, clothing, etc.); (d) to gain (sth., one's livelihood) by toil; obtain (food) by one's labor, work for (sustenance); (e) of mankind: to toil in earthly life as the result of the Fall;~ and sweten; ben boren to ~; (f) fig. to labor in the world in hope of salvation; also, toil for mortification of the body; ~ and sweten; ~ in (o) werk, engage in (God's, the devil's) work; ~ in (to) servise, work in (God's, Mary's) service, perform acts of devotion; ~ mid ivel werkes, toil in hard tasks; (g) of Jesus: to labor on earth for man's welfare; also, perform (work for mankind).

(a) To work at a specific physical task, exert oneself; sweten ne ~; (b) with inf.: to toil (in order to do sth., get sth., etc.); ~ and sweten, sweten and ~; (c) to toil in journeying, travel with effort; -- also refl.; ~ afote; sweten and ~; (d) to toil in battle or combat; ~ with sword; (e) to toil sexually, copulate.

(a) To expend effort in some endeavor or activity, exert oneself, labor; strive, struggle; also, bother, trouble; with inf.: take the trouble (to do sth.); ~ and sweten; ~ after (for), strive for (sth.); ~ for nought, labor in vain; (b) refl. to exert oneself, busy oneself, strive; ~ for nought, exert oneself in vain; (c) to labor over (sth.); also, exercise (one's wit), apply.

(a) To suffer physical pain; labor in childbirth, suffer labor pains; (b) to suffer mental or emotional pain, be distressed; fig. labor (in sorrow, sighing, a bed of pain); ~ mid, labor with (a dream), be perturbed by; (c) to disturb (sb., one's heart), afflict, trouble.

To churn (sth.), agitate.

(a) To serve (wine); -- ?error for shenchen v.; (b) error for sinken v.