Middle English Dictionary Entry
welken v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | welken v.(2) Also wilken, (error) wolke; p. welkide. |
| Etymology | ?ON: cp. OI velkja; ?new formation on ME welk(e , wilke, strong p. of walken v.(1). For form in -i- cp. OE gewilc, gewilcþ rolling or tossing (of waves). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To toss (medicinal ingredients) together;
(b) to go on foot, walk;
(c) to pursue motion along (a course).
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)302/300 : Take garlek and hony and an eyis ȝelke And do hem to-gedyr, wel bete, and wolke [read: welke; Add: beet al to geder in a morter].
b
- c1450(c1398) Paris St.Christina (Arun 168)394 : He bade his mene do ordene faste An ovene…Ande þerin Cristyne shulde thei caste…Fyve daies togedire…Sche welkide þerin to & froo.
c
- ?c1450 Chaucer Mars (Pep 2006(1))55 : Mars shuld entre…In to her nex paleis and þer abide, Wilkyng [Frf: Walkynge] his cours, til she had hym a-take.