welden
See also: Welden
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
welden
- inflection of wellen:
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English wealdan, from Proto-Germanic *waldaną (“to rule”).
Verb edit
welden (third-person singular simple present weldeth, present participle weldende, weldynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle welded)
Alternative forms edit
- weld, welde, weldon, wielde, wild, wilde, wold, wolde, wolden, weld, welde
- weild, weilde, veild (northwest Midlands)
- weild, weilde, veild, wald, walde (Northern)
- walden, wælden (early southwest Midlands)
- wald, walde, wealde, wealden, uelden (Early Middle English)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “wẹ̄lden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
welden (plural weldens)
- Alternative form of weldende
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
welden
- (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of welled: past plural of wellen