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wolcen

wolcen

Old English

Alternative forms

  • welcn, weolcen, wolc, wolcn

Noun

wolcen n

  1. cloud; clouds
  2. sky, heavens
Declension
Descendants
  • Middle English: wolkne

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wulk-, from Proto-Germanic *walkaną ‎(“to twist, roll”), from Proto-Indo-European *walg-, *walk- ‎(“to twist”). More at walk.

Noun

wolcen n

  1. a convolution, ball, lump
Declension

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wulkną, *wulkō, *wulkô ‎(“cloud”), from Proto-Indo-European *welg-, *welk- ‎(“wet, moist”). Cognate with Old Frisian wolken, Old Saxon wolkan (Dutch wolk ‘cloud’), Old High German wolka (German Wolke ‘cloud’). More at welk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwolken/

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