Middle English Dictionary Entry
holke adj.
Entry Info
Forms | holke adj. Pl. holkes. |
Etymology | Cp. holk(e n. & hō̆l(e adj.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Hollow.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)286a/a : Papiliones beþ ycleped smale fowles and beþ most in fruytes and in apples holkes, and bredeþ þerInne wormes.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.78 : Do it in a disshe holke in þe bothom.