Southwerk
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English Sudweca, from sūþ (“south”) + weorc (“work”).
Proper noun
Southwerk
- Southwark (a borough of London, England)
- c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines LINES:
- In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay
Redy to wenden on my pilgrymage- In Southwark, at the Tabard, as I lay
Ready to go on pilgrimage and start
- In Southwark, at the Tabard, as I lay
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Descendants
- English: Southwark