See wald in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
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"wealdan",
"wealdan#Old_English"
],
[
"*waldan",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waldan"
],
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],
[
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],
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],
[
"volde",
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],
[
"valda",
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],
[
"valda",
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],
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]
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},
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},
{
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]
},
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},
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],
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"Woolt",
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],
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],
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],
[
"𒌑𒂊𒂖𒇻𒍑",
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"1": "sv",
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},
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},
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"1": "hit",
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