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week-work Hist.
[OE. wic-, wiceweorc, f. wic(u) week + weorc work n. Cf. OS. wekewerk.]
In Old English Law, work done for the lord by the tenant so many days a week. Also attrib. in † weekwork-silver (cf. week-silver, week n. 7).
c1000Rectitudines in Thorpe Laws I. 434 On sumen lande is þæt he [sc. the ᵹebúr] sceal wyrcan to wicweorce .ii. daᵹas swilc weorc swilc him man tæcð ofer ᵹeares fyrst ælcre wucan, and on hærfest .iii. daᵹas to wicweorce [etc.]. 1050in Kemble Cod. Dipl. No. 461. III. 450 Consuetudines in Dyddanhamme..Se ᵹebur sceal his riht don; he sceal erian healfne æcer to wiceweorce. 1355MS. Rental of Winchcombe Abbey, Glos., Toto homagio pro Wikewerkselver xi s. xi d. 1883Seebohm Engl. Village Comm. ii. 78 Week⁓work—i.e. work for the lord for so many days a week, mostly three days. 1916Edin. Rev. July 73 A feature which reminds us of the week-works of the villein under our own manorial system. |