deorc

Old English

Alternative forms

• dearc

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *derk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de͜ork/, [de͜orˠk]

Adjective

deorc (comparative deorcra, superlative deorcost)

1. dark
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Sē þonne þisne wealsteal · wīse ġeþōhte
     ond þis deorce līf · dēope ġeondþenċeð,
     frōd in ferðe, · feor oft ġemon
     wælsleahta worn, · ond þās word ācwið:

     Then he deeply thinks over this wall-place
     and this dark life with wise thought,
     shrewd in mind, oft recalls the long bygone
     swarm of slaughters, and utters these words:

Declension

Declension of deorc — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	deorc	deorc	deorc
Accusative	deorcne	deorce	deorc
Genitive	deorces	deorcre	deorces
Dative	deorcum	deorcre	deorcum
Instrumental	deorce	deorcre	deorce
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	deorce	deorca, deorce	deorc
Accusative	deorce	deorca, deorce	deorc
Genitive	deorcra	deorcra	deorcra
Dative	deorcum	deorcum	deorcum
Instrumental	deorcum	deorcum	deorcum

Declension of deorc — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	deorca	deorce	deorce
Accusative	deorcan	deorcan	deorce
Genitive	deorcan	deorcan	deorcan
Dative	deorcan	deorcan	deorcan
Instrumental	deorcan	deorcan	deorcan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	deorcan	deorcan	deorcan
Accusative	deorcan	deorcan	deorcan
Genitive	deorcra, deorcena	deorcra, deorcena	deorcra, deorcena
Dative	deorcum	deorcum	deorcum
Instrumental	deorcum	deorcum	deorcum

Derived terms

• deorcegrǣġ
• deorcnes

Descendants

• Middle English: derk, dearc, dork, durk
  • English: dark
  • Scots: derk
  • Yola: dhourk, durk