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weldEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
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. Dutch wouw is derived from the same basic form with -l-.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗weldEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Alteration of well (“boil, rise”), probably influenced by the past participle, welled. Compare cognate Danish vælde, Swedish välla (“boil, rise → to forge weld”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗weldEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From Old English weald (sense 2).
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Chambers (1908)
1908- WeldEnglish · e-38700-9227
Weld, weld, n. a scentless species of mignonette, yielding a yellow dye—(Scot.) Wald. [Cf. Ger. wau.]
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Weld, weld, v.t. to join together as iron or steel by hammering, when softened by heat: to join closely.—v.i. to undergo welding.—n. a welded joint.—n. Weldabil′ity.—adj. Wel′dable.—ns. Wel′der; Wel′ding; Weld′-ī′ron, wr
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Weld, weld, v.t. (Spens.) to wield.
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