wlanc

Old English

FWOTD – 14 September 2013

Alternative forms

• wlonc

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wlank (“grown-up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wlɑnk/, [wlɑŋk]

Adjective

wlanc

1. proud, boastful
   • Cotton MS Tiberus B.i, Maxims II

     Draca sceal on hlæwe,
     frod, frætwum wlanc.

     The dragon shall be on the barrow,
     old and proud of treasure.

Declension

Declension of wlanc — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wlanc	wlanc	wlanc
Accusative	wlancne	wlance	wlanc
Genitive	wlances	wlancre	wlances
Dative	wlancum	wlancre	wlancum
Instrumental	wlance	wlancre	wlance
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wlance	wlanca, wlance	wlanc
Accusative	wlance	wlanca, wlance	wlanc
Genitive	wlancra	wlancra	wlancra
Dative	wlancum	wlancum	wlancum
Instrumental	wlancum	wlancum	wlancum

Declension of wlanc — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wlanca	wlance	wlance
Accusative	wlancan	wlancan	wlance
Genitive	wlancan	wlancan	wlancan
Dative	wlancan	wlancan	wlancan
Instrumental	wlancan	wlancan	wlancan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wlancan	wlancan	wlancan
Accusative	wlancan	wlancan	wlancan
Genitive	wlancra, wlancena	wlancra, wlancena	wlancra, wlancena
Dative	wlancum	wlancum	wlancum
Instrumental	wlancum	wlancum	wlancum

Descendants

• Middle English: wlonk, wlanck, wlank, wlonc, wlong

Noun

wlanc n

1. pride

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wlanc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.