stholk

Manx

Etymology

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Noun

stholk f (genitive singular stholk, plural stholkyn)

1. strike

Derived terms

• stholkeyr (“striker”)

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Etymology

From Middle English stalken, from Old English *stealcian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɔɫk/

Verb

stholk (simple past stalket)

1. to stalk

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 70