welkin

Synonyymisanakirja

welkin

taivaankaari, taivaanpallo, taivas, taivaanlaki, taivaankansi, avaruus, sinitaivas, pinta.

Rimmaavat sanat

welkin rimmaa näiden kanssa:

ainakin, jotensakin, jossakin, jostakin, pakostakin, minnekin, jonnekin, kunnekin, kaikin, likin...

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Englannin sanakirja

welkin englanniksi

1. puhekieltä The sky, the upper air; the heavens.

2. c1388, w:Geoffrey Chaucer|Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales,

This day in mirth and revel to dispend

Till on the welkin shone the starres bright

3. (quote-book)

4. 1924, (w), (w), London: Constable & Co., Chapter 11, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0608511h.html

To him, the spirit lodged within Billy, and looking out from his welkin eyes as from windows, that ineffability it was which made the dimple in his dyed cheek, suppled his joints, and dancing in his yellow curls made him preeminently the Handsome Sailor.

5. (quote-journal)

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