"wald" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /wɔːld/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wald.wav Forms: walds [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːld Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm-nor|wald}} Northern Middle English wald, {{inh|en|ang|weald||power, authority}} Old English weald (“power, authority”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*waldą||power}} Proto-Germanic *waldą (“power”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*waldʰ-||to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess}} Proto-Indo-European *waldʰ- (“to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess”), {{cog|de|Gewalt||force, power, control, violence}} German Gewalt (“force, power, control, violence”), {{cog|sv|våld||force, violence}} Swedish våld (“force, violence”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wald (countable and uncountable, plural walds)
  1. (UK dialectal) Power; strength. Tags: UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-wald-en-noun-Nplubi13 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 25 11 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 50 11 15 11 5 5 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 8 10 7 3 3 3 2 7 7 15 0
  2. (UK dialectal) Command; control; possession. Tags: UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-wald-en-noun-CmN2rSOL Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wauld [Scotland] Related terms: wield
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /wɔːld/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wald.wav Forms: walds [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːld Etymology: From Northern 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). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm-nor|wald}} Northern Middle English wald, {{inh|en|ang|weald||high land covered with wood, woods, forest}} Old English weald (“high land covered with wood, woods, forest”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*walþu}} Proto-West Germanic *walþu, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*walþuz}} Proto-Germanic *walþuz Head templates: {{en-noun}} wald (plural walds)
  1. Forest; woods. Related terms: weald, wold
    Sense id: en-wald-en-noun-l5jR3fEO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wauld [Scotland]
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /wɔːld/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wald.wav Forms: walds [present, singular, third-person], walding [participle, present], walded [participle, past], walded [past]
Rhymes: -ɔːld Etymology: 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”). Cognates Cognate with German walten (“to prevail, reign, dominate”), Danish volde (“to cause”), Icelandic valda (“to cause”), Lithuanian valda (“land property”), Lithuanian valdyti (“to rule”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm-nor|walde}} Northern Middle English walde, {{inh|en|ang|wealdan||to rule, control, determine, direct, command, govern, possess, wield, exercise, cause, bring about}} Old English wealdan (“to rule, control, determine, direct, command, govern, possess, wield, exercise, cause, bring about”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*waldan}} Proto-West Germanic *waldan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*waldaną||to reign}} Proto-Germanic *waldaną (“to reign”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*waldʰ-||to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess}} Proto-Indo-European *waldʰ- (“to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess”), {{col-top|2|cog}} Cognates, {{cog|de|walten||to prevail, reign, dominate}} German walten (“to prevail, reign, dominate”), {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|is|valda||to cause}} Icelandic valda (“to cause”), {{cog|lt|valda||land property}} Lithuanian valda (“land property”), {{cog|lt|valdyti||to rule}} Lithuanian valdyti (“to rule”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} wald (third-person singular simple present walds, present participle walding, simple past and past participle walded)
  1. (UK dialectal, transitive, intransitive) To govern; inherit. Tags: UK, dialectal, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-wald-en-verb-53e3Jazs Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wauld [Scotland]
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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        "Command; control; possession."
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          "ref": "1857, George Bradshaw, Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book to Switzerland and the Tyrol, Digitized edition, published 2006, page 1:",
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}

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