welkin
nounEtymology
Inherited from Middle English welken, wolken (“weather; heavens; earlier cloud”), from Old English wolcnu (“sky, heavens”), plural form of wolcn (“cloud”), from Proto-West Germanic *wolkn (“cloud”), from Proto-Germanic *wulkną (“cloud”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥ɡ-no-m, from *welg- (“damp; wet”). Cognate with Dutch wolk (“cloud”), German Wolke (“cloud”).
- inherited from welken
Definitions
The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are…
The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament.
- He leaues the vvelkin vvay moſt beaten playne, / And rapt with vvhirling vvheeles, inflames the ſkyen, / With fire not made to burne, but fayrely for to ſhyne.
- The ſkye it ſeemes vvould povvre dovvn ſtinking pitch, / But that the Sea, mounting to th' vvelkins cheeke, / Daſhes the fire out.
- Come (Sir Page) / Looke on me vvith your VVelkin eye: […]
The upper atmosphere occupied by clouds, flying birds, etc.
- [W]ho you are, and vvhat you vvould are out of my vvelkin, I might ſay Element, but the word is ouer-vvorne.
- Rhotus was going on when day appear'd, / And with its light the cloudy welkin clear'd.
- For trifles only suit an idle hour, / When school is emptied or the welkins pour.
The place above the Earth where God or other deities live
The place above the Earth where God or other deities live; heaven.
- [T]his villanous Poetry vvill vndoe you, by the VVelkin.
- Hovv glittereth novv this place of great requeſt, / Like to the ſeat of heavenly vvelkin hie?
- […] Cassiopœia was taken, / Deep-bosomed wife of the king, whom oft far-seeing Apollo / Watched well-pleased from the welkin, the fairest of Æthiop women: […]
The neighborhood
- neighborethereal
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for welkin. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA