Editing Welding (section)

==Etymology==
The term ''weld'' is derived from the [[Middle English]] verb ''well'' ({{Lang|enm|wæll}}; plural/present tense: {{Lang|enm|wælle}}) or ''welling'' ({{Lang|enm|wællen}}), meaning 'to heat' (to the maximum temperature possible); 'to bring to a boil'. The modern word was probably derived from the past-tense [[participle]] ''welled'' ({{Lang|enm|wællende}}), with the addition of ''d'' for this purpose being common in the Germanic languages of the [[Angles (tribe)|Angles]] and [[Saxons]]. It was first recorded in English in 1590. A fourteenth century translation of the [[Christian Bible]] into English by [[John Wycliffe]] translates Isaiah 2:4 as "{{Lang|enm|...thei shul bete togidere their swerdes into shares...}}" (they shall beat together their swords into plowshares). In the 1590 version this was changed to "''{{Not a typo|...thei shullen welle togidere her swerdes in-to scharris...}}''" (they shall weld together their swords into plowshares), suggesting this particular use of the word probably became popular in English sometime between these periods.<ref>''An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language'' by Walter William Skeat -- Oxford Press 1898 Page 702</ref>

The Old English word for welding iron was {{Lang|ang|samod}} ('to bring together') or {{Lang|ang|samodwellung}} ('to bring together hot').<ref>''A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary'' by John R. Clark Hall, Herbert T. Merritt, Herbert Dean Meritt, Medieval Academy of America -- Cambridge University Press 1960 Page 289</ref>

The word is related to the [[Old Swedish]] word {{Lang|mis|valla}}<!-- Old Swedish -->, meaning 'to boil', which could refer to joining metals, as in {{Lang|sv|valla järn}} (literally 'to boil iron'). [[Sweden]] was a large exporter of iron during the [[Middle Ages]], so the word may have entered English from the Swedish iron trade, or may have been imported with the thousands of [[Viking]] settlements that arrived in England before and during the [[Viking Age]], as more than half of the most common English words in everyday use are Scandinavian in origin.<ref>''A Dictionary of English Etymology'' by Hensleigh Wedgwood -- Trubner & Co. 1878Page 723</ref><ref>''A History of the English Language'' by Elly van Gelderen -- John Benjamins Publishing 2006</ref>