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wal-

wal-

See also: wal, Wal, WAL, wäl, wał, and wal•

Old Saxon

Prefix

wal-

  1. Prefix denoting death, slaughter, crime; wretched
    waldād "a murder"

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *walo- or *walu-, from Proto-Indo-European *welə- ‘wound, injure’. Cognate with Old English wæl, Old High German wal, Old Norse valr.

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