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weld

See also: Weld and Wëld

English Edit

 
Reseda luteola

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Etymology 1 Edit

From Middle English welde, wolde, from Old English *weald, weard, variant form of wād, Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz. Alternatively reborrowed from or contaminated by Anglo-Norman wold, wolde (compare Old French guaide). Doublet of woad.[1] Dutch wouw is derived from the same basic form with -l-.

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Noun Edit

weld

  1. A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.
  2. The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.
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Etymology 2 Edit

 
A person welding

Alteration of well (“boil, rise”), probably influenced by the past participle, welled.

Verb Edit

weld (third-person singular simple present welds, present participle welding, simple past and past participle welded)

  1. (transitive) To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination.
  2. (transitive) To bind together inseparably; to unite closely or intimately.
    The arrows pierced through the welded ranks of the opposing army.
    • 1847, Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Princess:
      Now should men see / Two women faster welded in one love / Than pairs of wedlock.
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Noun Edit

weld (plural welds)

  1. The joint made by welding.
    • 2001, James E. Duffy, I-Car Professional Automotive Collision Repair, page 173:
      Excessive spot weld time may cause the electrode tips to mushroom, resulting in no focus of current and a weak weld.
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Etymology 3 Edit

From Old English weald (sense 2).

Verb Edit

weld (third-person singular simple present welds, present participle welding, simple past and past participle welded)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To wield.
    • 1485: Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur, p. 168 line 2 (Sommer edition)
      [Arthur says to a wicked giant] "he that alle the world weldeth gyue the ſorte lyf & ſameful dethe" ("He who wields all the world gives thee short life and shameful death")
    • 1485: Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur, p. 172 line 2 (Sommer edition)
      [Arthur says to conquering knights] "ye be worthy to welde all your honour and worship"
    • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC; reprinted as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, The Shepheardes Calender […], London: John C. Nimmo, […], 1890, →OCLC:
      Turne thee to those that weld the awfull crowne

References Edit

  1. ^ “wē̆ld(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Central Franconian Edit

Alternative forms Edit

  • well (chiefly Moselle Franconian)

Etymology Edit

From Middle High German wilde, from Old High German wildi, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.

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Adjective Edit

weld (masculine welde or welle, feminine weld or well, comparative welder or weller, superlative et weldste)

  1. (chiefly Ripuarian) wild

Usage notes Edit

  • The traditional inflected forms are those with -ll- in all dialects. Those with -ld- are now predominant, however, in many dialects under standard German influence.

Welsh Edit

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Verb Edit

weld

  1. Soft mutation of gweld (“to see”).

Mutation Edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gweld weld ngweld unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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