different between veld vs weld

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?ld/
• Homophone: welled
• Rhymes: -?ld

Etymology 1

From Middle English welde, wolde, from Old English *weald, weard, variant from of w?d, Proto-West Germanic *wai?d, from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz. Alternatively reborrowed from or contaminated by Anglo-Norman wold, wolde (compare Old French guaide). Doublet of woad.

Alternative forms

• wold

Noun

weld

1. A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.
2. The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.

Synonyms

• (Reseda luteola): dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad

Translations

Etymology 2

Alteration of well (“boil, rise”), probably influenced by the past participle, welled.

Verb

weld (third-person singular simple present welds, present participle welding, simple past and past participle welded)

1. (transitive) To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination.
2. (transitive) To bind together inseparably; to unite closely or intimately.
   • 1847: Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Princess

     Now should men see / Two women faster welded in one love / Than pairs of wedlock.

Derived terms

• all-welded
• long-welded

Translations

Noun

weld (plural welds)

1. The joint made by welding.
   • 2001, James E. Duffy, I-Car Professional Automotive Collision Repair (page 173)

     Excessive spot weld time may cause the electrode tips to mushroom, resulting in no focus of current and a weak weld.

Derived terms

• butt weld
• scarf weld

See also

• braze
• solder

Etymology 3

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Verb

weld (third-person singular simple present welds, present participle welding, simple past and past participle welded)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To wield.
   • 1485: Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur, p. 168 line 2 (Sommer edition)

     [Arthur says to a wicked giant] "he that alle the world weldeth gyue the ?orte lyf & ?ameful dethe" ("He who wields all the world gives thee short life and shameful death")

   • 1485: Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur, p. 172 line 2 (Sommer edition)

     [Arthur says to conquering knights] "ye be worthy to welde all your honour and worship"

References

• weld in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• lewd

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• well (chiefly Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German wilde, from Old High German wildi, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþ?, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?elt/

Adjective

weld (masculine welde or welle, feminine weld or well, comparative welder or weller, superlative et weldste)

1. (chiefly Ripuarian) wild

Usage notes

• The traditional inflected forms are those with -ll- in all dialects. Those with -ld- are now predominant, however, in many dialects under standard German influence.

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?ld/

Verb

weld

1. Soft mutation of gweld (“to see”).

Mutation