Middle English Dictionary Entry
luk n.
Entry Info
| Forms | luk n. Also lucke. |
| Etymology | MDu. luc |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Good fortune; (b) gain, profit; ?error for lucre.
Associated quotations
a
- a1500 Iuellis pricious (Lamb 306)3 : Iuellis pricious cane y none fynde..to sende you..þis newe yeres morowe; wher-for, lucke and good hanssell, my hert, y sende you..that an C yeres withouton aduerssit & Sorowe ye mowe live.
b
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)271 : Luk or wynnyng: lucrum.