wilt, to

Marianne Uehlin... - Tue, 11/06/2012 - 09:35
English Notes: 

Goblet: 28:477 ... because the body, without the consciousness-evolution, uses itself up in its own swinging waves, i.e. motions, wilts and decays; ...

English Description: 

1690s, probably an alteration of welk "to wilt," probably from M.Du. or M.L.G. welken "to wither," cognate with O.H.G. irwelhen "become soft."

German Translation: 
welken