† blonk Obs.
Forms: 1 blanca, 3 blank, 3–6 blonk.
[OE. blanca, blǫnca, def. form of *blanc = OHG. blanch white (cf. OHG. blanc ros white horse, and the neut. adj. planchaz, planchiz, used subst. in same sense), meaning properly ‘white horse’, but used as a poetic synonym for ‘horse’ generally. Cf. ON. blakkr poet. for a horse (Vigf.).]
Poetic word for ‘horse’; steed.
| a 1000 Beowulf 1716 Beornas on blancum. c 1205 Lay. 5862 Lihteð of eowre blanken [1250 hors]. Ibid. 13512 Fortiger hæhte his sweines sadeli his blonken [1250 stedes]. c 1350 Will. Palerne 3326 Þe nobul blonk þat him bar. c 1440 Gaw. & Gologr. ii. 19 (Jam.) Bery broune wes the blonk. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 478 Mony bald man of his blonk wes borne. |