Folden

name, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of fold form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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flockflockbendbendclosecongregation

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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