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welkin

[ wel-kin ]

noun

, Chiefly Literary.
  1. the sky; the vault of heaven.


welkin

/ ˈwɛlkɪn /

noun

  1. archaic.
    the sky, heavens, or upper air
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of welkin1

before 900; Middle English welken ( e ), Old English welcn, variant of wolcen cloud, sky; cognate with German Wolke cloud
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Word History and Origins

Origin of welkin1

Old English wolcen, welcen; related to Old Frisian wolken, Old Saxon, Old High German wolcan
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Example Sentences

And anywhere would be a welkin, let Brittany Griner tell it.

Charles Wesley wrote a hymn that began “Hark how all the welkin rings/Glory to the king of kings”.

Until that moment I never quite knew the meaning of the phrase “to make the welkin ring.”

The green earth's end Where the bowed welkin slow doth bend.

I felt my little car vibrating to their force, as cheers, peal upon peal, came rolling up into the welkin.

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