wald

== English == === Alternative forms === wauld (Scotland) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wɔːld/ Rhymes: -ɔːld === Etymology 1 === From Northern Middle English walde, 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, ambitransitive) To govern; inherit. === Etymology 2 === From Northern Middle English wald, 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 (countable and uncountable, plural walds) (UK dialectal) Power; strength. (UK dialectal) Command; control; possession. ===== Related terms ===== wield === Etymology 3 === 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. ==== Noun ==== wald (plural walds) Forest; woods. ===== Related terms ===== weald wold ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === Lawd, W.D. La., awdl == Middle English == === Noun === wald alternative form of wold == North Frisian == === Alternative forms === walt (Föhr-Amrum) Walt (Sylt) === Etymology === From Old Frisian wald, 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”). === Noun === wald (Halligen) forest == Old Danish == === Alternative forms === wold === Etymology === From Old Norse vald, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz. === Noun === wald force, violence ==== Descendants ==== Danish: vold == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wɑld/, [wɑɫd] === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== wald m alternative form of weald (“forest”) ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== wald n alternative form of weald (“power, authority”) ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== wald alternative form of weald (“powerful”) ===== Declension ===== == 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 German: Waldhorn (see there for further descendants) Rhine Franconian: Wald, Wall Frankfurterisch: [valt] Yiddish: וואַלד (vald) == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *walþu, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz, whence also Old English weald, Old Norse vǫllr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwɑld/ === Noun === wald m forest ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: wôlt, wôldDutch Low Saxon: woold, woudGerman Low German: Woolt, Woold, WoldPlautdietsch: Woolt