Middle English Dictionary Entry
warlok n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | warlok n.(1) Also warloke, warlock, werlok(e, werlock & (?errors) warkecok, warich, walrich. |
| Etymology | Origin uncertain; cp. cherlok n. The forms warkecok, warich, and walrich may represent distinct words rather than erroneous forms of this word. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Any of several plants of the mustard family, esp. charlock or wild mustard Brassica arvensis or black mustard Brassica nigra; also, ?wild radish Raphanus raphanistrum.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)37/10 : Cenapium: gallice, ceneue; anglice, warich [vr. walrich], uel mostard.
- ?c1400 MS Trin-C O.8.2 in Hunt Plant Names (Trin-C O.8.2)110 : [Eruca:] warlock.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)644/29 : Sinapium: warkecok.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)349 : Mustard, or warlok, or sevyne [Win: senwyn], herbe: Sinapis.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)517 : Warlok [Win: Warloke], herbe: Eruca.
- a1500 MS Ashm.1447 in Hunt Plant Names (Ashm 1447)219 : [Rapistrum agreste:] cherlok, werlock, kerlock.
- a1500 MS Sln.347 in Hunt Plant Names (Sln 347)35 : [Armoracia:] i. cherloke vel werloke vel kerloke.
- a1500 MS Sln.347 in Hunt Plant Names (Sln 347)239 : [Sinapis:] anglice, werlok, mustardseed.