The Collaborative International Dictionary
Querken
Querken \Querk"en\, v. t. [Icel. kverk throat. ?.]
To stifle or choke. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
Wiktionary
querken
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To querk. 2 (context intransitive English) To grunt; moan.