welig

welig (attributive welige, comparative weliger, superlative weligste)

1. luxuriant, lush

From Middle Dutch welich, from Old Dutch *welag, from Proto-West Germanic *welag. Equivalent to wel +‎ -ig.

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welig (comparative weliger, superlative weligst)

1. luxuriant

Declension of welig
uninflected	welig
inflected	welige
comparative	weliger
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		welig	weliger	het weligst het weligste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	welige	weligere	weligste
	n. sing.	welig	weliger	weligste
	plural	welige	weligere	weligste
definite		welige	weligere	weligste
partitive		weligs	weligers	—

• weelderig

• welig tieren

welig

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of wely

• weleg, weli, wylig

From Proto-West Germanic *wilig.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwe.liɡ/, [ˈwe.liɣ]

welig m

1. (botany) willow

• wilige

• Middle English: wylow, welew, weleygh, welo, welogh, welou, wely, whilwh, wilew, wilghe, wilou, wilowh, wilwe, wylew, wylgh, wylugh, wylw
  • English: willow
  • Scots: willy, willie

weliġ (superlative weliġost)

1. wealthy, rich
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     Sum forþþeġn wæs þā weliġ on þām lande, Florus ġehāten, and sē hæfde ġemynt mynster tō ārǣrenne and mid munecum ġesettan

     There was a certain wealthy high-ranking noble in that land named Florus, and he had a mind to establish a monastery and settle monks in it.