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Old English
Etymology
From wel (“well”) + weorþung (“worship”).
Pronunciation
Noun
wilweorþung f
- (literally) well worship (the worship of a well or fountain that is characterized by tying cloth to trees near them)
References
- The Court of the Gentiles, or A discourse touching the original of human literature, Part III, The Vanitie of Philosophie, by Theophilus Gale, printed by H. Hall, 1677, page 217.