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Dutch
Verb
stalke
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of stalken
Middle English
Noun
stalke
- stalk (main stem of a plant)
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1033-1036:
This passeth yeer by yeer, and day by day,
Til it fil ones, in a morwe of May,
That Emelye, that fairer was to sene
Than is the lilie upon his stalke grene, [...]- This passes year by year and day by day,
Until it befell once, in a morning of May,
That Emelye, who was fairer to be seen
Than is the lily upon its green stalk,