(a) A laborer, hired worker; also fig. and in fig. context; also, one who performs servile or menial tasks, a servant; commune ~; (b) a practitioner of a skilled trade, craft, or occupation, a craftsman, an artisan [occas. difficult to distinguish from (a)]; one who produces crafted objects or works with raw materials; crafti (queinte) ~; gret ~ aboven, God as the creator of the world; (c) a customary tenant, one who holds land in exchange for customary work services; (d) ?a warrior, soldier;—?error for *werre-man [cp. wer(re n.]; (e) as surname.