different between keld vs veld

English

Adjective

keld (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Having a kell or covering; webbed.
   • 1630, Michael Drayton, “Noahs Floud” in The Muses Elizium Lately Discouered, p. 98[1]:

     […] the Otter then that keepes / In the wild Riuers, in their Bancks and Sleeps, / And seeds on Fish, which vnder water still, / He with his keld seet, and keene teeth doth kill; / The other two into the Arke doth follow, / Though his ill shape doth cause him but to wallow […]

Anagrams

• Delk

English

Alternative forms

• veldt

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans veld, from Dutch veld, veldt (“field”), from Proto-Germanic *fulþuz, *felþ?. Doublet of field.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v?lt/, /v?ld/, /f?lt/

Noun

veld (plural velds)

1. The open pasture land or grassland of South Africa and neighboring countries.
   • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 79:

     Pale yellow and greyish brown, the bare veld of late summer lay flat and listless under the drab sky.

   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 11:

     From an early age, I spent most of my free time in the veld playing and fighting with the other boys of the village.

Related terms

• Highveld
• Lowveld

Derived terms

• bushveld
• grassveld
• sandveld
• sweetveld
• sourveld
• thornveld

Translations

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch veld, from Middle Dutch velt, from Old Dutch feld, felt, from Proto-Germanic *felþ?, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh?-.

Noun

veld (plural velde, diminutive veldjie)

1. A field, open country
2. A patch or grass and/or other small plants
3. The veld, the open grassland of South Africa and neighboring countries
4. A sports field.

Derived terms

• grasveld

Descendants

• ? English: veld

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch velt, from Old Dutch felt, from Proto-Germanic *felþ?, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?lt/
• Hyphenation: veld
• Rhymes: -?lt

Noun

veld n (plural velden, diminutive veldje n)

1. A field, open country.
2. An agricultural field.

   Synonym: akker

3. A patch or grass and/or other small plants.
4. The field, geographical theatre where warriors operate, especially in battle.
5. A sports field.
6. A subject field, domain of knowledge, in particular an academic field.
7. (physics) A field (physical phenomenon pervading an area).

Derived terms

- military

- sports

Descendants

• Afrikaans: veld
  • ? English: veld

Middle English

Noun

veld

1. Alternative form of feeld