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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

weld1 plant yielding yellow dye; the dye itself. XIV. ME. welde, also wolde, repr. OE. *wealde, *walde = (M)LG. †walde, †wolde, waude, MDu. woude (Du. wouw), poss. rel. to WOLD.

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