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Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch durk or Middle Low German dork. Further origin dubious. Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål dørk.
Noun
durk c
- (nautical) deck; floor of a ship
- (nautical) hold; storage room in the bottom of a warship
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Noun
durk
[1]
- Alternative form of dhourk
1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, lines 11[2]:In durk Ich red virst mee left-vooted shoe."- In the dark I happened first on my left-footed shoe."
References
- ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 36
- ^ Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland