"welk" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /wɛlk/, /wilk/ Forms: welkes [plural]
Etymology: From Old English weoloc, wiloc, wioloc, weluc, from Proto-West Germanic *weluk. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|weoloc}} Old English weoloc, {{m|ang|wiloc}} wiloc, {{m|ang|wioloc}} wioloc, {{m|ang|weluc}} weluc, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*weluk}} Proto-West Germanic *weluk Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} welk, {{enm-noun|welkes}} welk (plural welkes)
  1. whelk (sea snail) Categories (lifeform): Mollusks
    Sense id: en-welk-enm-noun-85eSsi0n Disambiguation of Mollusks: 75 22 2 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 1 2 5 2 4 20 1 9 9 39 0 2 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 1 2 6 2 4 19 1 8 8 41 0 2
  2. (rare) whelk shell Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-welk-enm-noun-FolMME6m
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: welke, whelke, wilke, woelk, wylk, wylke
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} welk
  1. Alternative form of welken (“to dry out”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: welken (extra: to dry out)
    Sense id: en-welk-enm-verb-E~XvT208
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for welk meaning in Middle English (3.2kB)

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