† welkenv.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To wither, fade.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > wither [verb (intransitive)] > wilt or droop
wallowa1340
fade1340
welken1398
vade1492
flag1611
mourn1612
wilt1691
wilter1790
to miff off1883
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum 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.
Derivatives
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > condition of having lost freshness > losing freshness
wallowingc1230
welkeningc1450
withering?1523
quailing1542
wilt1855
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 144 There is the flouer of ȝouthede yt neure shal knawe welknyng.
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