Middle English Dictionary Entry
wlonk n.
Entry Info
| Forms | wlonk n. Also wlanke, wlaunke. |
| Etymology | OE wlanc n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Seemly behavior;
(b) pride, arrogance.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1052 : Uch wyȝe may wel wyt þat he þe wlonk lovies.
b
- c1330 Why werre (Auch)102/389 : Vnneþe wolde eny don a char, so were þeih daungerouse For wlaunke [Lordyngis leue: wlanke].