wald

Meaning

Verb

To govern; inherit.

Noun

1. Power; strength.
2. Command; control; possession.

Noun

Forest; woods.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɔːld/

Etymology

From Middle English walden, 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”).