folden

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. past participle of fold
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

folden Foldens

Etymology

From Middle English folden, yfolden, From Old English fealden, ġefealden, from Proto-Germanic *faldanaz, past participle of *falþaną (“to fold”), equivalent to fold + -en. Cognate with Dutch gevouwen, German gefalten.

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