v. Obs. [f. WELK v.1 + -EN5.] intr. To wither, fade.

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1398.  Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XI. ix. (Tollemache MS.). Hore froste … makeþ herbes and floures up on þe which he falleþ welkenen.

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14[?].  A Goodly Balade, 52, in Chaucer’s Wks. (1532), 234 b. Myn hert welkeneth thus sone.

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  Hence † Welkening vbl. sb. Obs.

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c. 1450.  Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.), 144. There is the flouer of ȝouthede yt neure shal knawe welknyng.

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