swark

North Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swerką / *gaswerką. Related to Old English gesweorc (“cloud, mist, smoke”). Also related to Old Frisian swerka and Old English sweorcan (“to become dark, obscured, gloomy”), from *swerkaną.

Noun

swark n (plural swarken)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) cloud (containing rain), raincloud
    jonk swarken
    dark clouds/rainclouds

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