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Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
welden
- inflection of wellen:
- plural past indicative
- (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English wealdan, from Proto-Germanic *waldaną (“to rule”).
Verb
welden (third-person singular simple present weldeth, present participle weldende, weldynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle welded)
- to reign, rule, command
- 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
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Etymology 2
Noun
welden (plural weldens)
- Alternative form of weldende
Etymology 3
Verb
welden
- (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of welled: past plural of wellen