weald
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: Weald
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English weeld, wæld, (also wold, wald > English wold), from (West Saxon dialect) Old English weald, from Proto-West Germanic *walþu, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz.
Compare German Wald, Dutch woud. See also wold, ultimately of the same origin. Largely displaced by forest.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wiːld/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /wild/
- Rhymes: -iːld
- Homophones: wealed, wheeled, wield
Noun[edit]
weald (plural wealds)
- (archaic) A forest or wood.
- (archaic) An open country.
- 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Guinevere”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 231:
- [S]he to Almesbury / Fled all night long by glimmering waste and weald, / And heard the Spirits of the waste and weald / Moan as she fled, or thought she heard them moan: […]
Usage notes[edit]
In modern usage, the term is seldom used, but is retained in place names, for example The Weald, Wealdstone, Harrow Weald.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *walþu.
Cognates
Noun[edit]
weald m
Declension[edit]
A u-stem dative singular form, wealda, is also attested.
Declension of weald (strong a-stem)
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *wald, Proto-Germanic *waldą, whence also Old High German walt, Old Norse vald (Danish vold).
Noun[edit]
weald n
Declension[edit]
Declension of weald (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | weald | — |
accusative | weald | — |
genitive | wealdes | — |
dative | wealde | — |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *wald, from Proto-Germanic *waldaz.
Adjective[edit]
weald
Declension[edit]
Declension of weald — Strong
Declension of weald — Weak
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/iːld
- Rhymes:English/iːld/1 syllable
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with archaic senses
- English terms with quotations
- en:Forests
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English masculine nouns
- ang:Forests
- Old English masculine a-stem nouns
- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂welh₁- (rule)
- Old English neuter nouns
- ang:Government
- Old English neuter a-stem nouns
- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂welh₁-
- Old English adjectives