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)
Descendants
- English: welkin
Further reading
- Brut by Layamon (British Library, MS Cotton Caligula A.ix manuscript version)
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