balke

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

balke

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of balken

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *balco.

Noun

balke f

  1. (wooden) beam

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • “balke”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “balc”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page balc

Middle English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old English balca. Cognate with Old High German balko, German Balken (“beam”), Italian balcone (“balcony”).

Alternative forms

Noun

balke (plural balkes)

  1. balk, ridge, beam
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

Probably cognate with Old Swedish nattbakka, Old English nihtwacu (“night watch”).

Noun

balke (plural balkes)

  1. Alternative form of bakke (“bat”)

Yola

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English balken.

Verb

balke

  1. to impede, hinder

Etymology 2

From Middle English balke, from Old English balca, either from or influenced by Old Norse bálkr (“partition, ridge of land”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô.

Noun

balke (plural baulkès)

  1. balk, unsawed timber
  2. (figurative) impediment
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 4-6:
      Yer name var zetch avancet avare ye, e'en a dicke var hye, arent whilke ye brine o'zea an ye craggès o'noghanes cazed nae balke.
      Your fame for such came before you even into this retired spot, to which neither the waters of the sea below nor the mountains above caused any impediment.

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 24
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