wlank

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === wlanck wlonc, wlonk, wlong (especially West Midlands) === Etymology === From Old English wlanc, from Proto-West Germanic *wlank. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wlank/, (Western) /wlɔnk/ === Adjective === wlank (plural and weak singular wlanke) (chiefly poetic) noble, highborn fair, beautiful, gorgeous fine, excellent, splendid proud, boastful (rare) moist, marshy ==== Descendants ==== Middle Scots: wlonk (poetic) ==== References ==== “wlonk, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *wlank (“grown-up”). === Adjective === wlank (comparative wlankoro, superlative wlankost) proud, boastful firm, strong ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: wlank