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 (sciences)

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

Etymology

From Old Frisian wald, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /voːld/
• Hyphenation: Woold
• Rhymes: -oːld

Noun

Woold m (Woolde)

1. forest

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Woold”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN