Complete Definition of "weald"

English

Etymology
Old English

Noun
weald

  1. A wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; -- often used in place names.

Old English

Etymology 1
Common Germanic *walthuz, whence also Old High German wald, Old Norse völlr

Noun
weald m

  1. forest

Etymology 2
Common Germanic *waltham, whence also Old High German walt, Old Norse vald

Noun
weald n (used in the form ''Ä¡eweald')

  1. power
  2. authority

Category:Old English nouns

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