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Wai  ,, ‘orphan,’ from  weise,  weiso (*weisso?), , ‘parentless child,’ also ‘fatherless or motherless child’ (the  seems to be used in  for the  also); corresponding to  wees,  wêsa, ‘orphan.’ The base ( waisjôn?) is probably derived from an Aryan root meaning ‘to rob’;   vidh, ‘to become empty’ (see ). In a diminutive of  (see  and ), widuwaírna,, signifies ‘orphan.’   ,, ‘wood, forest,’ from the  walt (d),  wald, ; corresponding to  wald,  would,  weald,  wold,  vǫllr,  *walþus, , ‘wood.’  walþu-s, from which  gaut, ‘brushwood,’ is borrowed, points to pre- waltus (waltwos?), to which  άλσος (for *ϝαλτϝος?) ‘grove,’ and  vâṭa (from *valta), ‘garden, district,’ are probably related. The connection with is uncertain.   ,, ‘whale,’ from the  walvisch,  walfisc,. The first component was sufficient to designate a whale; , , and  wal,  hwœl,  hvalr, , ‘whale.’ The early history of  hwala-, ‘whale’ (to which  walre,  węlira, ‘whale,’ is allied), is obscure. — ,, ‘walrus,’ from the  hvalros, as well as  and , are from the same root.  ,, ‘to full, mill (cloth); tread (skins); thrash, cudgel,’ from walken,  walchan,  , ‘to strike, thrash, full, mill (cloth)’;   walken, ‘to press,’  wealcan,  valka, ‘to roll, move to and fro.’ From  walkan are also derived  gualcare, ‘to calender or press cloth,’ gualchiera, ‘fulling-mill.’ The  root walk, from Aryan walg, seems to coincide with  valg, ‘to hop or skip along.’ — From  walker, węlker, ‘fuller,’ is derived the proper name.  , see.   ,, ‘rampart, mound, embankment,’ from the  wal (ll),  and ;  *wal is by chance not recorded. wal (ll), val, ‘rampart,’  weall,  wall. This West word, which is certainly borrowed from the   vallum, vallus, seems to belong to the earliest loan-words from  ;  kinship with the  word is very improbable.   ,, ‘gelding,’ only,  ‘Wallachian’; “the practice of gelding stallions was introduced into the Middle and West of Europe from Wallachia and Hungary.”   (1.),, ‘to boil, bubble,’ from the the equiv wallen,  wallan,  ; corresponding to  wallan,  weallan, allied to  vella, ‘to boil, bubble.’ From the same Aryan root wel (wol) is derived  , ‘wave, billow.’

 (2.),, ‘to wander about, go on a pilgrimage,’ from wallen,  wallôn, ‘to wander, roam about, go on a pilgrimage’; corresponding to  weallian, ‘to wander.’ Allied to  wallœre, ‘traveller (on foot), pilgrim’;  wallevart,  , , ‘pilgrimage.’ The root wal (wallôn, rom wal-nô) is perhaps not different from the root of  (1). to walk ( base wallaqôn) with weallian.  ,, ‘walnut,’ only, from the   walnoot;   wealhhnutu,  walnut,  walhnot; it signifies ‘French or Italian nut.’ The first component is walh-, a term  applied by the Teutons to the Kelts (at first to the Volcae), but later to the Romance tribes of France and Italy. See.   , see. — <section end="Walroß" /> <section begin="Walstatt" /> , see. <section end="Walstatt" /> ,, ‘to dispose, manage, govern,’ from the  walten,  waltan,  ; corresponding to  and  waldan,  valda,  wealdan, gewyldan,  to wield. waldan (from pre- waltá-) has a t which properly belonged to the present stem, but was afterwards attached to the verbal stem; the   olla, from a  base *wol-þô-m, ‘I governed.’ The root wal is also indicated by  valere, ‘to be strong,’ as well as  flaith, ‘dominion.’ The allied  words seem to have been borrowed at an early period from ;   vlada (vlasti) and  valdýti, ‘to govern,’ valadóvas, ‘ruler,’ pavilděti, ‘to possess,’ velděti, ‘to acquire.’ <section begin="Walze" /> ,, ‘cylinder, roller,’ from the late  walze,. Allied to , ‘to roll,’ walzen, , ‘to roll, turn, revolve,’  walzan, ‘to turn,’ also  velta, ‘to roll, revolve.’ — <section end="Walze" /> <section begin="wälzen" /> ,, ‘to roll, trundle,’ from węlzen,  węlzen, walzen (from<section end="wälzen" />