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wic-weorc

  • noun [ neuter ]
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wic-weorc, es; n.
Weekly work, work done for the lord by the tenant so many days a week
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  • On sumen lande is ðæt hé (

    the

    gebúr) sceal wyrcan tó wicweorc .ii. dagas swilc weorc swilc him man tǽcð ofer geáres fyrst ǽlcre wucan, and on barfest .iii. dagas tó wicweorce, and of Candel-mæsse óð Eástran .iii.,
      L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 5-8.
  • Consuetudines in Dyddanhamme . . . Se gebúr sceal his riht dón; hé sceal erian healfne æcer tó wiceweorce . . .,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 35.
  • Cf. Hér synd gewriten ða gerihta ðe ða ceorlas sculan dón tó Hysseburnan . . . Hí sculan ǽlce wucan wircen ðæt hí man háte bútan þrím, án tó middanwintra, óðera tó Eástran, þridde tó gangdagan, v. 147, 26. v. Seebohm's English Village Community, s.
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v. week-work.
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v.  wice-weorc.
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  • wic-weorc, n.