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1 VERK
* * *n.1) work, business; vera á verki, to be at work;2) a piece of work (v. hefi ek hugat þér);3) act, deed; Gunnarr sagði Njáli v. þessi, G. told N. of these deeds.* * *n. [Ulf. ga-waurki = πραγματεία, κέρδος, and waurstu = ἔργον; A. S. weorc; Engl. work; cp. orka and yrkja, for-urtir, for-átta, qq. v.; Gr. ἔργον, qs. Ϝέργον, is from the same root]:—work, business; vera á verki, to be at work, Eg. 744; verks í gjarn, Fb. i. 521, passim.2. a piece of work; var þat meira verk en hón hugði, Bs. i. 611; verk hefi ek hugat þér, Nj. 12; skipta verkum með húskörlum, Ld. 98; hálfs mánaðar verk, Dipl. v. 5; þriggja vikna verk, iv. 9; verk húskarla, Nj. 107, Eluc. 7: of literary work, composition (= verki), Skálda (pref.)3. a deed, work, esp. in pl.; eptir verk þessi, Nj. 85; slík verk hafa verst verit unnin, 184; bann-settum verkum, K. Á. 226; verk þykkja þín verri miklu, Hým.COMPDS:I. gen. sing.: verka-efni, n. pl. = verkefni, Fbr. 19, v. l. verka-fall, n. a failure in doing one’s work, Gþl. 398. verka-kaup, n. wages, = verkkaup, Grág. i. 148, Fms. i. 215, viii. 200. verka-kona, u, f. a workwoman, servant, Sd. 182, Fms. vii. 233. verka-laun, n. pl. a reward, Sd. 179. verka-lýðr, m. pl. workpeople, Hkr. i. 141. verka-maðr, m. a workman, labourer, Gþl. 512. verka-nauð, n. a heavy task, Stj. 247. verka-tjón, n. a loss in work, Gþl. 514.II. sing.: verks-færi, n. implements, = verkfæri, Ísl. ii. 329. verks-háttr, m. work-management, plan, Eb. 150. verks-of-merki, verks-um-merki, n. pl. (mod. sounded vegs-um-merki), traces of work, esp. in a bad sense, of marks of a devastation, slaughter, or the like; in the phrase, sjá v.; spelt vegs-um-merki, Fb. i. 209, ii. 159, Nj. 28, Fms. iv. 303, Sturl. i. 43 (Cod. C. vegs-of-merki); but verks-of-merki, Nj. 28 (Cod. B = Kalfalækjar-bók), which is no doubt the true form. verks-vit, n. cleverness in work; hann hefir gott verksvit; hafa ekki verksvit.B. REAL COMPDS: verkdagr, verkefni, verkfákr, verkfæri, verkfærr, verkhestr, verkhús, verkkaup, verkkona, verklaginn, verklagni, verklaun, verkleiga, verkligr, verklund, verkmaðr, verknauð, verkreki, verksmíð, verkstjóri, verkstjórn, verkviðr, verkþjófr, verkþræll, verkönn.
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