Welcome, we²l'ku²m. a. Received with gladneſs, admitted willingly, grateful […] Welcome, we²l'ku²m. interj. A form of ſalutation uſed to a new comer.
1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] , London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, page 550