Middle English Dictionary Entry
scā̆lk n.
Entry Info
| Forms | scā̆lk n. Pl. skā̆lkes. |
| Etymology | ML scalchus, scalcus & ON: cp. OI skālkr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. shalk(e n.
1.
(a) A steward or head cook; (b) a fighting man, warrior.
Associated quotations
a
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52224/26 : Item, pro ix castronis vini ibidem emptis per manus le scalk et Jacobi Gyde, x duc. xviij s.
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52225/4 : Item, per manus le scalk pro spelt per ipsum empt' ibidem pro putura, j duc. xvj s.
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52232/7 : Item, apud Pola per manus le scalk pro pane, piscibus, et herbis per ipsum emptis ibidem, v duc. xlvij s.
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52232/23 : Item, pro diuersis piscibus salsis emptis in galeia per le scalk de diuersis galeymen per diuersas vices per compotum cum eis factum, xxvj duc. xxv s.
b
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5973 : Then Achilles the choise cheuyt to land, With his shippes in a sheltrun, & skalkes within.