Southwerk

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Middle English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old English Sudweca, from sūþ (“south”) + weorc (“work”).

Proper noun[edit]

Southwerk

  1. Southwark (a borough of London, England)
    • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, line 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

Descendants[edit]

  • English: Southwark
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