Ẽrke, n.

noun

n. [A-S. earg, inert, idle, timid, wretched, Icel. argr, Sw., Dan., & D. arg, O. H. Ger. arac, arc, N. H. Ger. arg, Longobardian arga.] Idle; slothful; lazy; indolent. [Obs.] Chaucer.