welden

See also: Welden

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

welden

1. inflection of wellen:
   1. plural past indicative
   2. (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)

1. to reign, rule, command

Alternative forms

• 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

• English: wield, English: wald
• Scots: wield, Scots: wald

References

• “wẹ̄lden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

welden (plural weldens)

1. Alternative form of weldende

Etymology 3

Verb

welden

1. (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of welled: past plural of wellen