headwark

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A headache.

Word forms

headwark headwarks head-wark headwerk

Etymology

From Middle English heedwarke, hedewarke, from Old English hēafodwærc (“pain in the head, headache”), equivalent to head + wark. Cognate with Danish hovedvark (“headache”), Swedish huvudvärk (“headache”), Icelandic höfuðverkur (“headache”).

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