wlak

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English wlæc, wlacu, from Proto-West Germanic *wlaku, from Proto-Germanic *wlakwaz.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwlak/, /ˈwlaːk(ə)/
  • IPA(key): /wlat͡ʃ/, /wlɛt͡ʃ/ (influenced by Old English wleċċan)[1][2]

Adjective

wlak

  1. lukewarm, tepid, warm
  2. (figurative) unenthusiastic, indifferent

Noun

wlak

  1. (figurative) An unenthusiastic person.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “wlak, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 March 2018.
  2. ^ Zettersten, Arne (1965), “wlech (adj.)”, in Studies in the dialect and vocabulary of the Ancrene Riwle (Lund Studies in English; 34)‎[1], Lund: C. W. K. Gleerup, →OCLC, page 83.
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