welkin
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welkin
- /ˈwɛlkɪn/ UK
- /ˈwɛlkən/ US
Rhymes with (General American) -ɛlkən
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English welkne (“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”).
noun welkins
- 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 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.
- The place above the Earth where God or other deities live; heaven. [T]his villanous Poetry vvill vndoe you, by the VVelkin.
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noun sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible — see also firmament, sky
| Español | bóveda celeste, firmamento |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 蒼穹 /苍穹 cāngqióng, 天穹 tiānqióng |
| Français | ouelquin, voûte céleste |
| Deutsch | Firmament, Himmel, Himmelszelt |
| Ελληνικά | στερέωμα steréoma |
| Русский | небеса́ nebesá |
| العربية | سَمَاء samāʔ |
noun upper atmosphere occupied by clouds, flying birds, etc.
| Русский | небо nébo |
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title = {welkin},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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