wolcne

Middle English

Alternative forms

wolkne

Etymology

From Old English wolcen (“clouds, sky”), from Proto-Germanic *wulkną, *wulkō, *wulkô (“cloud”).

Noun

wolcne n (plural weolcne)

cloud, sky
- "mid wolcen & mid wedere" (LAȝ. 102, MS. Cott. Calig. A. IX)

Descendants

English: welkin

Further reading

Brut by Layamon (British Library, MS Cotton Caligula A.ix manuscript version)

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