gaudine

Old French

Alternative forms

galdine, gadine, guadine, guardine

Etymology

From gaut +‎ -ine [1]. Cognate with English wold and weald.

Noun

gaudine f (oblique plural gaudines, nominative singular gaudine, nominative plural gaudines)

woods (woodland area)

Related terms

gaudin

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (gaudine)

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “wald”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 486

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