wald
/wɔːld/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "… we still recognize the ancient traditions of the Goths, concerning the wald-elven,…"
- "the romantic pass of the "wald path," along which runs a spur of an old Roman road"
- "MARDEN and STAPLEHURST—All this part of the line, through the Weald of Kent, i.e., the wald or forest, which still prevails here."
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”).
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: walde, wealdan, *waldan, *waldaną, *waldʰ-, wald
Usage
- British usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
Inflected Forms
walds (present, singular)
walding (participle, present)
walded (participle, past)
walded (past)
wauld (alternative, Scotland)
walds (plural)