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Old English · noun

colc

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/kolk/
[koɫk]
Syllables
kolk (1 syllable)
Modern English
cokecoredeepesthollowdepressiongullyinnermostextension

Meaning

  1. hollow, depression

  2. trench, gully; pit

  3. cask, barrel

  4. the bottom or deepest part of a thing; (by extension) the innermost part, core, heart

Declension

Declension of colc
SingularPlural
Nominative colccolcas
Accusative colccolcas
Genitive colcescolca
Dative colcecolcum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kolk, *koluk, from Proto-Germanic *kulukaz (“a depression, hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel-, *gʷel- (“to devour; gullet”).

Descendants

coke

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