† forwelewev.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To wither, decay, dry up. Only in past participle.
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a1300 Leg. Rood (1871) 22 Þe stapes he [Seth] vond uor~welwed.
c1300 Life Jesus (Horstm.) 846 Þe figer felde a non is lef..And fur weolewede as a stok.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 1255 In þat weye shal þou..se þe steppes of þi moder & me For welewed in þat gres grene.
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