wald
wald · walds
Power; strengthPower; strength.
/wɔːld/
Meaning
3 senses(UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable)Power; strength.
(UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable)Command; control; possession.
Forest; woods.
Origin
From Northern Middle English wald, from Old English weald (“power, authority”), from ProtoFrom 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”).
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Forms
plural: waldsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable