† Tulk, tolk sb.

Obs. [Generally identified with ON. túlkr interpreter, spokesman (cf. ON. túlka vb.: see next), Da., Sw. tolk = MLG. tolk, tollik, Du. tolk translator, MHG. tolc, tolke, ad. Lith. tulkas, Lett. tulks, OSl. tl^uk^u interpreter: cf. Russ. tolk^u sense, meaning, talk. But nothing has been found to connect the ME. sense, common in alliterative verse, with these.] A man.

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13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., B. 498. Tyl þay had tyþyng fro þe tolke þat tyned hem þer-inne. Ibid., 1262. Er he to þe tempple tee wyth his tulkkes alle.

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13[?]. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 3. Þe tulk þat þe trammes of tresoun þer wroȝt, Watz tried for his tricherie.

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a. 1400–50. Alexander, 752. Alexander … turnyd hym þan to þis tulke & talkez þir worduz.

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c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 5790. Pröthenor, the prise kyng, & proud Archelaus, Mony tolke of þe Troiens tyrnyt to dethe. Ibid., 6115. Mony abill knyghtes,… Of þe tulkys of troy, tidé men all.

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