halk – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of halk

Noun: halk
Sg.halk
Pl.halkes

Genitive

Dative

Sg.halke

Sample Sentences

  • […] Seken / in eu[er]y halke / and euery herne / Particuler Sciences / foꝛ to lerne ([They] look in every nook and corner / for specific topics to learn.) [1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Wordes of the Worthẏ Hoost to the Ffrankeleẏn”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 159, recto:]

Nouns inflected like halk

ground, market, kayser, barm, halk, oven,

Etymology

Inherited from Old English healc, healoc, from Proto-West Germanic *halhuk; equivalent to hale (“nook”) + -ok. See: Old English Nouns 'healc', Old English Nouns 'healc'.

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