![]() The word is derived from the Old Swedish word valla, meaning 'to boil'. thei shullen welle togidere her swerdes in-to scharris." (they shall weld together their swords into plowshares), suggesting this particular use of the word probably became popular in English sometime between these periods. ![]() thei shul bete togidere their swerdes into shares." (they shall beat together their swords into plowshares), while the 1590 version was changed to, ". ![]() The original version, from Isaiah 2:4, reads, ". It was first recorded in English in 1590, from a version of the Christian Bible that was originally translated into English by John Wycliffe in the fourteenth century. The modern word was probably derived from the past-tense participle welled ( wællende), with the addition of d for this purpose being common in the Germanic languages of the Angles and Saxons. The term weld is derived from the Middle English verb well ( wæll plural/present tense: wælle) or welling ( wællen), meaning 'to heat' (to the maximum temperature possible) 'to bring to a boil'. The Old English word for welding iron was samod ('to bring together') or samodwellung ('to bring together hot', with hot more relating to red-hot or a swelling rage in contrast to samodfæst, 'to bind together with rope or fasteners'). It is often confused with the Old English word weald, meaning 'a forested area', but this word eventually morphed into the modern version, wild. The term weld is of English origin, with roots from Scandinavia.
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