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wald

verb
/wɔːld/

Etymology

From Northern Middle English wald, from Old English wald, weald, from Proto-West Germanic *walþu, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”), possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to perceive, see”) or *welH- (“to roll, undulate”). Largely displaced by forest. Cognates Compare North Frisian wald, walt (“forest”), Saterland Frisian Woold (“forest”), West Frisian wâld (“forest”), Alemannic German and German Wald (“forest, woods”), Bavarian Woid (“forest, woods”), Cimbrian balt (“forest, woods”), Dutch woud (“forest, woods”), Low German Woold, Woolt (“forest”), Luxembourgish Wal (“forest”), Mòcheno bòlt (“wood, woodland”), Yiddish וואַלד (vald, “forest”), Danish val (“plain”), vold (“field, meadow”), Faroese vøllur (“lawn; field”), Icelandic völlur (“lawn; field”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk voll (“meadow”), Swedish vall (“field, pasture”); also Hittite 𒌑𒂊𒂖𒇻𒍑 (ú-e-el-lu-uš, “meadow, pasture”). See also weald, wold, ultimately of the same origin.

  1. derived from *waldʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *waldaną✻
  3. inherited from *waldan✻
  4. inherited from wealdan
  5. inherited from walde

Definitions

  1. To govern

    To govern; inherit.

  2. Power

    Power; strength.

  3. Command

    Command; control; possession.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Forest

      Forest; woods.

      • … we still recognize the ancient traditions of the Goths, concerning the wald-elven,…
      • the romantic pass of the "wald path," along which runs a spur of an old Roman road
      • MARDEN and STAPLEHURST—All this part of the line, through the Weald of Kent, i.e., the wald or forest, which still prevails here.

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