wold

wold · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*wel-“to perceive, see”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*walþuz“forest”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*walþu
4. Old English · inherited fromwald
5. Middle English · inherited fromwald
6. English todaywold

From Middle English wald, walde, weld, welde, wold, wolde, woolde, wæld, 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 wald, weald, ultimately of the same origin.

wold · adjective²

1. Middle English · inherited fromolde
2. Middle English · inherited fromolde
3. English todaywold

Inherited from Middle English wolde.

Wold · proper noun³

* As a Norwegian surname, spelling variant of Vold, Voll. * As an English surname, from wold (“forest”).

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