swark

North Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swerką. Related with Old Frisian swerka, Old English sweorcan (“to become dark, obscured, gloomy”), from Proto-Germanic *swerkaną. Compare especially Old English ġesweorc (“cloud, mist, smoke”).

Noun

swark n (plural swarken)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) a cloud, especially a heavy one, a raincloud
    jonk swarken ― dark (rain)clouds

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