† well-queme, a. Obs.
In 3 wel-, wilcweme.
[f. well adv. 33 + queme a. (cf. OE. wel-ᵹecwéme, -ᵹecwémness), or wil- as in wilcume welcome.]
Well-pleased, content, satisfied.
| a 1225 Leg. Kath. 1744 Porphire & Auguste wurðen of þeos wordes..swiðe wilcweme [v.r. welcweme]. a 1225 Juliana 32 Ah habbich þin anes help, ich am wil cweme. |
Also † well-queme n., -quemeness, that which is pleasing or agreeable to one. † well-ˈqueming ppl. a., pleasant, pleasing.
| a 1300 E.E. Psalter lxxxviii. 18 In þi welequeme [in beneplacito tuo] vphouen bes oure horne. Ibid. xci. 15 Yhite felefold in elde ofe fulhed þai sal, And welquemand be. Ibid. cxl. 5 In welequemenesses ofe am [in beneplacitis eorum]. |