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1. werk-man n.

45 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A laborer, hired worker; also fig. and in fig. context; also, one who performs servile or menial tasks, a servant; commune werk-man (b) a practitioner of a skilled trade, craft, or occupation, a…

2. werk n.(1)

563 quotations in 23 senses
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(a) A discrete act performed or undertaken by someone, (someone’s) deed; coll. & pl. (one’s) individual acts, deeds, or actions, the things one does or has done in one’s life, (one’s) doings; also…

3. iwerken v.

95 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To create (sth., the universe, mankind); ppl. iwrought, of a human: born, destined to be (sth.); (b) to make (sth. from some material), manufacture, construct; (c) to build (a city, a building)…

4. Hālī-wer n.

Additional spellings: Haliwer
12 quotations in 1 sense
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The holy man, St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne; Hali-wer folk(es, people holding lands in return for the service of defending the body, relics, and territory of St. Cuthbert; people of the County of…