wilt

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Recorded since 1691, probably an alteration of welk, itself from Middle English welken, presumed from Middle Dutch (preserved in modern inchoative verwelken) or Middle Low German welken (“to wither”), cognate with Old High German irwelhen (“to become soft”).

1. The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
2. Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English wilt, from Old English wilt, from Proto-West Germanic *wilt, second person singular preterite-present of Proto-West Germanic *willjan. Cognate with Dutch wilt (“wilt”, second-person singular of willen), German willt (archaic second person singular indicative of wollen).

1. second-person singular simple present indicative of will

   “'Oh, my love, my love!' she murmured, 'wilt thou ever know how I have loved thee?' and she kissed him on the forehead, and then went and stood in the pathway of the flame of Life.”

   “If thou triest my heart, if thou visitest me by night, if thou testest me, thou wilt find no wickedness in me.”