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† wlonk, a. (n.) Obs.
Forms: 1–4 wlanc, 1–3 wlonc, 2 wlong, 3–6 wlonk, 4 wlanck, vlanck, wlanke, wlaunk, wlonke, 4–5 wlank.
[OE. wlanc, wlonc = OS. wlank: cf. wlench v.]
1. Proud, haughty.
Beowulf 341 Ellenrof..wlanc Wedera leod..heard under helme. c1175Lamb. Hom. 35 He wes prud & wlonc. a1225Leg. Kath. 844 Nawt wið wit ah wið wind of ane wlonke wordes. a1300Cursor M. 6397 Þir Iuus þat o will war wlanck, Þai cund him ai ful litell thanck.
2. Rich, splendid, fine, magnificent: in later use esp. as a conventional epithet in alliterative verse.
Beowulf 2833 Maðmæhta wlonc. a1000Phœnix 100 Fuᵹel feþrum wlonc. c1230Hali Meid. (1922) 43 & tine wide wahes wlonke & welefulle. a1250Owl & Night. 489 Sumeres tide is alto wlonc. c1325Song of Merci 3 in E.E.P. (1862) 118 Wlanke deor on grounde gan glide. c1350Will. Palerne 1634 A while wol i stinte of þis wlonke murþe. 13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 122 Wod & water & wlonk playnez. Ibid. 903, I schulde not tempte þy wyt so wlonc. a1400–50Wars Alex. 5089 A worthi wedow & a wlonk. c1400Anturs Arth. 347 Wlonkest in wede. c1450Holland Howlat 553 Archebald the honorable..Weddit that wlonk wicht. 15..Tayis Bank 118 (Bann. MS.) Joy wes within and joy without, Vnder that wlonkest waw.
b. Rich in moisture or sap; rank; lush.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xi. xi. (Tollem. MS.), Snow..norischeþ and fedeþ good herbes and makeþ hem wlonke [orig. impinguit; ed. 1495 cranke; ed. 1535 ranke]. c1440Pallad. on Husb. iii. 449 The potters cley, the wlonk [uliginosa], or sondy lene,..nys nought.
B. as n. A fair or beautiful one.
a1400Morte Arth. 3338, I went to that wlonke, and wynly hire gretis. a1508Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 36 Of thir fair wlonkes,..Ane wes ane wedow. Ibid. 150 The wedo to the tothir wlonk warpit ther wordis. |