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North Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swerką. Related with Old Frisian swerka, Old English sweorcan (“to become dark, obscured, gloomy”), from Proto-Germanic *swerkaną. Compare especially Old English ġesweorc (“cloud, mist, smoke”).
Noun
swark n (plural swarken)
- (Föhr-Amrum) a cloud, especially a heavy one, a raincloud
- jonk swarken ― dark (rain)clouds
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