wald
English
Alternative forms
- wauld (Scotland)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɔːld/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːld
Etymology 1
From Middle English walden, from Old English wealdan (“to rule, control, determine, direct, command, govern, possess, wield, exercise, cause, bring about”), from Proto-West Germanic *waldan, from Proto-Germanic *waldaną (“to reign”), from Proto-Indo-European *waldʰ- (“to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess”).
Verb
wald (third-person singular simple present walds, present participle walding, simple past and past participle walded)
- (UK dialectal, transitive, intransitive) To govern; inherit.
Etymology 2
From Middle English wald, iwald, from Old English weald (“power, authority”), from Proto-Germanic *waldą (“power”), from Proto-Indo-European *waldʰ- (“to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess”). Cognate with German Gewalt (“force, power, control, violence”), Swedish våld (“force, violence”).
Noun
wald (plural walds)
- (UK dialectal) Power; strength.
- (UK dialectal) Command; control; possession.
Related terms
- wield
Etymology 3
From Middle English wald, from Old English weald (“high land covered with wood, woods, forest”), from Proto-West Germanic *walþu, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz, whence also Old High German wald (German Wald) and Old Norse vǫllr (Faroese vøllur, Norwegian voll, Icelandic völlur).
Noun
wald (plural walds)
- Forest; woods.
- 1812, Walter Scott, Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Digitized edition, page 124:
- … we still recognize the ancient traditions of the Goths, concerning the wald-elven,…
- 1853, Robert Simpson, History of Sanquhar, page 16:
- the romantic pass of the "wald path," along which runs a spur of an old Roman road
- 1857, George Bradshaw, Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book to Switzerland and the Tyrol, Digitized edition, published 2006, page 1:
- 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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Related terms
- weald
- wold
Anagrams
- Lawd, W.D. La., awdl
Middle English
Alternative forms
- wæld, wold, wolde, wald, walde, weld, welde
Etymology
From Old English weald (“high land covered with wood, woods, forest”), from Proto-West Germanic *walþu, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz.
Noun
wald (plural walds or walden)
- wood (wooded area), forest
- c. 1225, St. Margaret of Antioch:
- Þe wurmes & te wilde deor ... o þis wald wunieð.
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- c. 1275, Layamon, Brut:
- Ȝif æi mon hine mihte ifinden uppe þissere wælden, ...
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- c. 1330, Sir Tristrem:
- Beliagog in þat nede Fond him riche wald To fine.
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- 1450, Wars of Alexander:
- Was nouthire waldis in þar walke ne watir to fynde.
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- c. 1225, St. Margaret of Antioch:
Descendants
- English: wold, weald, wald
- Scots: wald
References
- “wōld, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Danish
Alternative forms
- wold
Etymology
From Old Norse vald, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz.
Noun
wald
- force, violence
Descendants
- Danish: vold
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *walþu, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz, whence also Old English weald, Old Norse vǫllr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈwald]
Noun
wald m
- forest
Descendants
- Middle High German: walt
- Alemannic German: Wald
- Swabian: Wald
- Bavarian: Woid, Woold
- Cimbrian: balt
- Mòcheno: bòlt
- Central Franconian: Wald (widely obsolete)
- Hunsrik: Wald
- Luxembourgish: Wal
- German: Wald
- Rhine Franconian: Wald, Wall
- Frankfurterisch: [valt]
- Yiddish: וואַלד (vald)
- Alemannic German: Wald
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *walþu, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz, whence also Old English weald, Old Norse vǫllr.
Noun
wald m
- forest
Descendants
- Middle Low German: wôlt, wôld
- Dutch Low Saxon: woold, woud
- German Low German: Woolt, Woold, Wold
- Plautdietsch: Woolt