wald

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English

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Etymology 1

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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

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wald (third-person singular simple present walds, present participle walding, simple past and past participle walded)

  1. (UK dialectal, transitive, intransitive) To govern; inherit.

Etymology 2

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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

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wald (plural walds)

  1. (UK dialectal) Power; strength.
  2. (UK dialectal) Command; control; possession.
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Etymology 3

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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

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wald (plural walds)

  1. 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[1], 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[2], 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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Middle English

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wald

  1. Alternative form of wold

Old Danish

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From Old Norse vald, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz.

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wald

  1. force, violence

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  • Danish: vold

Old English

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wald m

  1. Alternative form of weald (forest)
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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wald n

  1. Alternative form of weald (power, authority)
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Adjective

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wald

  1. Alternative form of weald (powerful)
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Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *walþu, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz, whence also Old English weald, Old Norse vǫllr.

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wald m

  1. forest

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Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *walþu, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz, whence also Old English weald, Old Norse vǫllr.

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wald m

  1. forest

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