Woold

See also: woold

Dutch

Etymology

First attested in 1284 as in silva. Derived from Old Dutch wald (“marsh forest, swamp forest”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʋoːlt/
  • Hyphenation: Woold
  • Rhymes: -oːlt

Proper noun

Woold n

  1. A hamlet in Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands

Derived terms
  • Wooldenaar
  • Woolds

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German Low German

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German wôlt, from Old Saxon wald, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz, whence also Old English weald, Old Norse völlr. The A became O through the influence of the velarised L in the same manner as in Dutch woud.

Alternative forms
  • Wald (in many dialects, including Bremisch, Altmärkisch, Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch)
  • Woolt (in many dialects, including Low Prussian)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʋɔːɫt/

Noun

Woold m (plural Woolden)

  1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) wood, forest

Etymology 2
  • Wôld (scientific)

Proper noun

Woold

  1. A mighty being, identified by scholars with Woden.

See also
  • Häwenhüne (Hävenhüne, hävenhüne (scientific))

References
  • Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)

Saterland Frisian

Noun

Woold m

  1. forest
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