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Welk

//wɛlk// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of whelk. alt-of, alternative
Verb
  1. 1
    Of a plant: to wither, wilt, decay. obsolete
  2. 2
    To diminish; to lose brightness, to wane. obsolete

    "As gentle Shepheard in ſweete euentide, / When ruddy Phebus gins to welke in weſt, [...]"

  3. 3
    to soak, steep. dialectal
  4. 4
    to thrash, beat severely. dialectal
  5. 5
    To contract; to shorten.

    "But nowe ſadde Winter welked hath the day, / And Phœbus weary of his yerely taſ-ke: / Yſtabled hath his ſteedes in lowlye laye / And taken vp his ynne in Fiſhes haſ-ke."

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  1. 6
    To form into wrinkles or ridges. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English welken, probably from a continental Germanic language; compare Middle Dutch welken (Dutch welken) and Middle Low German welken. Cognate with German welken. Ultimately, from Proto-West Germanic *wilkijan (“to become soft”), from Proto-Germanic *welkaz (“soft, withered”), according to Kluge, related to *wulkną (“cloud”). Compare also Old English wealwian (“to fade, wither”), Old English wlacu (“tepid, lukewarm”).

Etymology 2

* As a German surname, variant of Welge, from Middle Low German welich (“lively, luxuriant”), from Old Saxon welag, from Proto-West Germanic *welag; also as a variant of Welsch. * Also as a German surname, from archaic Middle High German welc (“mild, soft”), from the root of the verb welken (“to wither”). * As a Lower Sorbian surname, from wjelk (“wolf”). * Also as a Sorbian surname, from the personal name Welimir, from Proto-Slavic *velь (“great”).

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