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▪ I. † wald, conj. Obs. rare.
[OE. weald, perh. derived from a use of weald imper. of wealdan to govern (see wield v.).
A transitional use is seen in weald hú = lóca hú ‘however’ (Andreas 1355): see look v. 4 b.]
Followed by or with ellipsis of if: In case that. (In OE. chiefly with þéah or indef. pronoun.)
c1000ælfric Hom. I. 316 Namon ða to ræde, þæt him wærlicor wære, þæt hi sumne dæl heora landes wurðes æthæfdon, weald [? hwæt omitted] him ᵹetimode. Ibid. II. 340 Nyte ᵹe ða micclan deopnysse Godes ᵹerynu? weald þeah him beo alyfed ᵹyt behreowsung. c1315Shoreham Poems i. 930–1 To schryue hym wanne he seneȝed heþ Wel syker þing hyt were..Wald ȝef he sodeynlyche deiþ And wald he hyt forȝete.
▪ II. wald
obs. f. weald, weld, wield v., wold.
▪ III. wald
obs. form of would: see will v. |