a. Obs. In 3 wel-, wilcweme. [f. WELL adv. 33 + QUEUE a. (cf. OE. wel-ʓecwéme, -ʓecwémness), or wil- as in wilcume WELCOME.] Well-pleased, content, satisfied.
a. 1225. Leg. Kath., 1744. Porphire & Auguste wurðen of þeos wordes … swiðe wilcweme [v.r. welcweme].
a. 1225. Juliana, 32. Ah habbich þin anes help, ich am wil cweme.
Also † Well-queme sb., -quemeness, that which is pleasing or agreeable to one. † Well-queming ppl. a., pleasant, pleasing.
a. 1300. E. E. Psalter, lxxxviii. 18. In þi welequeme [in beneplacito tuo] vphouen bes oure horne. Ibid., xci. 15. Yhite felefold in elde ofe fulhed þai sal, And welquemand be. Ibid., cxl. 5. In welequemenesses ofe am [in beneplacitis eorum].
