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▪ I. † welken, v. Obs.
[f. welk v.1 + -en5.]
intr. To wither, fade.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xi. ix. (Tollemache MS.), Hore froste..makeþ herbes and floures up on þe which he falleþ welkenen. 14..A Goodly Balade 52 in Chaucer's Wks. (1532) 234 b, Myn hert welkeneth thus sone.
Hence † ˈwelkening vbl. n. Obs.
c1450Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 144 There is the flouer of ȝouthede yt neure shal knawe welknyng.
▪ II. † welken
obs. var. welked ppl. a.
c1440Promp. Parv. 521/1 Welkyd, or walkyn [Winch. MS. welkyn], marcidus. |