weld

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 191 words | 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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