Middle English Dictionary Entry
abolke ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | abolke ppl. |
| Etymology | ?Cp. bolken belch, give vent to; ?from phrase *on bolke, bulke (cp. MnE bulk). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?Boastful; ?puffed up, inflated.
Associated quotations
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)22/585 : Ich segge..To alle cristyne folke Þat, wanne hy scholle yhouseled be, Þat hy ne be a-bolke In prede.