different between fauld vs yauld

English

Noun

fauld (plural faulds)

1. (historical) A piece of armor worn below a breastplate to protect the waist and hips.
2. The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch.

Anagrams

• Fulda, udalf

English

Alternative forms

• yald

Etymology

From Middle English yeld, from Old English ?ilde (“valuable, of worth”), from Proto-Germanic *gildiz (“valuable, valid, wholesome, precious”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?eld?- (“to pay for, repay”). Cognate with Scots yauld (“active, strong, mighty”), Old Norse gildr (“of full worth, size, measure, or quality; full; complete; absolute; great”) (whence Icelandic gildur (“valid, thick, prominent, important”), Swedish gild (“stout, of full size”), Danish gild (“brawny, of full size, fine”). Related to yield.

Adjective

yauld (comparative yaulder or more yauld, superlative yauldest or most yauld)

1. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Vigorous; strong; healthy.
2. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Active; sprightly; alert.
3. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Supple; active; athletic; nimble.

Anagrams

• Dulay, Dyula