† wlakwlachadj.

Forms: Old English wlacu, wlaco, wlæc, Middle English wlec(c)h, wleach, Middle English wlach, Middle English wlak, Middle English wlake.

Etymology: Old English wlæc , wlacu (an original u -stem) = Middle Low German wlak lukewarm (whence wlacheit ‘tepor’); compare Old Saxon wlakon , Middle Low German wla(c)ken to be tepid; the ulterior relations are doubtful. For the phonology of the final consonant compare freck adj. (Middle English frek, frech).

Obsolete.

Lukewarm, tepid; also figurative. Also adverbial in wlach hot (cf. Middle Low German wlakwarm).

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > warm > lukewarm

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c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxxvii. 269 Ða ful oft beoð mid wlacum watre gelacnode.

c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care lviii. 447 Se ðonne bið wearm, nalles wlaco, ðe god geornlice onginð, & eac geendað.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 151 Ðe wop þe man wepeð for his emcristenes wowe cumeð of þe wlache heorte.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 294 Forþi þet art ase wlech bituchȝe twa nouðer cald ne hat.

c1290 S. Eng. Leg. 319/695 Ȝif þov nimst riȝt puyr hot watur and dost cold þar-to, Þov miȝt it makien euene wlach [MS. Harl. wlak].

a1425 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 1900) (1879) VII. 522 In comparisoun to that [hote brennyng] lyȝe, oure fier is but as it were wlache hoot.

c1450 Bk. Hawking in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 304 Kepe it with wlake wyn unto the tyme.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	wlak
释义	† wlakwlachadj. Forms: Old English wlacu, wlaco, wlæc, Middle English wlec(c)h, wleach, Middle English wlach, Middle English wlak, Middle English wlake. Etymology: Old English wlæc , wlacu (an original u -stem) = Middle Low German wlak lukewarm (whence wlacheit ‘tepor’); compare Old Saxon wlakon , Middle Low German wla(c)ken to be tepid; the ulterior relations are doubtful. For the phonology of the final consonant compare freck adj. (Middle English frek, frech). Obsolete. Lukewarm, tepid; also figurative. Also adverbial in wlach hot (cf. Middle Low German wlakwarm). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > warm > lukewarm wlakc897 lukec1275 lewc1300 flakec1400 flashc1400 lukewarmc1400 tepidc1400 luke-hota1425 lew-warmc1450 lukewarmed1540 lew-warmed1588 c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxxvii. 269 Ða ful oft beoð mid wlacum watre gelacnode. c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care lviii. 447 Se ðonne bið wearm, nalles wlaco, ðe god geornlice onginð, & eac geendað. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 151 Ðe wop þe man wepeð for his emcristenes wowe cumeð of þe wlache heorte. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 294 Forþi þet art ase wlech bituchȝe twa nouðer cald ne hat. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. 319/695 Ȝif þov nimst riȝt puyr hot watur and dost cold þar-to, Þov miȝt it makien euene wlach [MS. Harl. wlak]. a1425 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 1900) (1879) VII. 522 In comparisoun to that [hote brennyng] lyȝe, oure fier is but as it were wlache hoot. c1450 Bk. Hawking in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 304 Kepe it with wlake wyn unto the tyme. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.c897
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