worold

Old English

Alternative forms

weorold, woruld, weorld, weoruld, ƿeorold, ƿorold, ƿoruld, ƿeorld, ƿeoruld

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *weraldiz, from Proto-Germanic *weraz (“man”) (Old English wer) + Proto-Germanic *aldiz (“age”) (Old English eald), so literally ‘age of man’.

Cognate with Old Saxon werold, Old Frisian warld (West Frisian wrâld), Dutch wereld, Old High German weralt (German Welt), Old Norse verǫld (Swedish värld).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈworold/

Noun

worold f

world, the earth, a state of existence

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: world
- English: world
Scots: warld

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