Middle English Dictionary Entry
wēking ger.
Entry Info
Forms | wēking ger. |
Etymology | Perh. from wēke n.(2); also cp. ON: cp. OI vökva to moisten. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. woken v. 2.(b), woknesse n. (c).
1.
Moistening, soaking.
Associated quotations
- c1429 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)981 : In Gedeones flece was this shewed figuratively, Whilk men rede with dewe wette of heven merveillousely…The weking [L repletio] of that wolle flece signed liberacioune.