gaudine
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From gaut + -ine.[1] Cognate with English wold and weald.
Noun
gaudine oblique singular, f (oblique plural gaudines, nominative singular gaudine, nominative plural gaudines)
- woods (woodland area)
Related terms
- gaudin
References
- Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “gaudine”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “wald”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 486