A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Walk] (Valk), v. to watch, S2, S3, B.—So written for wakk (vakk). See [Wakien].

[ Walke], sb. a walk, WA.

[ Walken], v. to roll, walk, S; welk, pt. s., SkD; welke, HD; walke, pp., S.

[ Wallare], sb. stone-mason, murator, Prompt. See [Wal].

[ Walle], sb. a spring of water, HD. Comb.: walle-heued, a springhead, S2.

[ Wallen], v. to boil, to well, to turn about, S, S2, PP; weallen, S. Comb.: wal-hat, boiling hot, S. Der.: wally, surging, S3.—AS. weallan, pt. wéol, pp. weallen.

[ Walme], sb. a bubble in boiling, HD.

[ Walshe], adj. and sb. foreign, a foreigner, Welshman, P. Comb.: walshe note, walnut, CM.—AS. wælisc, foreign, Welsh (SkD); from wealh, a foreigner, a Welshman.

[ Walt], pt. s. possessed, S2; see [Welden].

[ Walten], v. to roll, to roll over, overturn, to fall, to well out, S2; welt, pt. s., SkD (s.v. welter); welte, HD; walt, S2.—AS. wealtan.