stalke

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Dutch

Verb

stalke

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

Middle English

Noun

stalke

  1. 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,