halkとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Inherited from 古期英語 healc, healoc, from Proto-West Germanic *halhuk; equivalent to hale (“nook”) +‎ -ok.

発音

• IPA: /halk/

名詞

halk (plural halkes, dative singular halke)

1. A nook; a corner of a building or area.
   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Wordes of the Worthẏ Hoost to the Ffrankeleẏn”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 159, recto:

     […] Seken / in eu[er]y halke / and euery herne / Particuler Sciences / foꝛ to lerne

     [They] look in every nook and corner / for specific topics to learn.

2. (figuratively, rare) An esoteric signification.

参照

• “halk, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.